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Entry no.
1981-0630

SL-8 R/B

SL-8 R/B (NORAD 11830) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 December 1981, after 1 year, 6 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
11830
International designator
1980-047B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
6 Jun 1980Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Dec 1981UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 6 months558 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 74.0°
Mass
1,434 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 74.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.

Life in orbit

1 year, 6 months

SL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 16 Dec 1981

1 entry
1981-0629DELTA 1 DEB

From the same launch

1980-047
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