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Entry no.
1981-0069

SL-4 R/B

SL-4 R/B (NORAD 12300) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 February 1981, after 8 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
12300
International designator
1981-014B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
13 Feb 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Feb 1981UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 days8 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.8°N to 72.8°SFinal inclination 72.8°
Mass
2,350 kg

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 72.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.8°N and 72.8°S.

Life in orbit

8 days

Also ended on 21 Feb 1981

1 entry
1981-0070SL-4 R/B

From the same launch

1981-014
1981-0075COSMOS 1245
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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