CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1982-0053
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 11393) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 February 1982, after 2 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11393
International designator
1979-051B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
7 Jun 1979Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Feb 1982UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 8 months986 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
50.6°N to 50.6°SFinal inclination 50.6°
Mass
1,434 kg
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 50.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 50.6°N and 50.6°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 8 monthsSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Feb 1982
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1979-051
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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