CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1983-0240
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 6898) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 June 1983, after 9 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6898
International designator
1973-076D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
19 Oct 1973Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Jun 1983UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 8 months3,533 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.2°N to 64.2°SFinal inclination 64.2°
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 64.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.2°N and 64.2°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 8 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Jun 1983
1 entryFrom the same launch
1973-076
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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