CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1982-0384
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 8931) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 September 1982, after 6 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8931
International designator
1976-062E
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
1 Jul 1976Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Sep 1982UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 2 months2,278 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.7°N to 62.7°SFinal inclination 62.7°
Mass
4,500 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 62.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.7°N and 62.7°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 2 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Sep 1982
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1976-062
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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