CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1983-0486
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 7264) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 December 1983, after 9 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
7264
International designator
1974-023E
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
20 Apr 1974Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Dec 1983UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 8 months3,532 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.9°N to 63.9°SFinal inclination 63.9°
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 63.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.9°N and 63.9°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 21 Dec 1983
1 entryFrom the same launch
1974-023
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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