CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1982-0503
SL-3 R/B
SL-3 R/B (NORAD 4350) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 November 1982, after 12 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4350
International designator
1970-019B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
17 Mar 1970Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Nov 1982UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 8 months4,637 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.1°N to 81.1°SFinal inclination 81.1°
Mass
1,440 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 81.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.1°N and 81.1°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 8 monthsSL-3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1970-019
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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