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Entry no.
1985-0125

SL-8 R/B

SL-8 R/B (NORAD 14317) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 May 1985, after 1 year, 8 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
14317
International designator
1983-091B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
31 Aug 1983Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
24 May 1985UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 8 months632 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
50.7°N to 50.7°SFinal inclination 50.7°
Mass
1,434 kg

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 50.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 50.7°N and 50.7°S.

Life in orbit

1 year, 8 months

SL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 24 May 1985

1 entry
1985-0124SL-6 R/B(2)

From the same launch

1983-091
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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