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Entry no.
1982-0035

SL-8 R/B

SL-8 R/B (NORAD 11450) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 February 1982, after 2 years, 6 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
11450
International designator
1979-065B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
11 Jul 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Feb 1982UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 6 months940 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

2 years, 6 months

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

Also ended on 5 Feb 1982

5 entries
1982-0034DELTA 1 DEB1982-0036DELTA 1 DEB1982-0037DELTA 1 DEB1982-0038COSMOS 1334 DEB1982-0039COSMOS 1334 DEB

From the same launch

1979-065
1981-0639COSMOS 1114
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