CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1982-0506
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 8472) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 November 1982, after 6 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8472
International designator
1975-115B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
11 Dec 1975Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Nov 1982UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 11 months2,544 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.9°N to 73.9°SFinal inclination 73.9°
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 73.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.9°N and 73.9°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 11 monthsSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Nov 1982
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1975-115
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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