CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1985-0403
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 13043) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 November 1985, after 3 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
13043
International designator
1982-007B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
29 Jan 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Nov 1985UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 9 months1,395 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 74.0°
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 74.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 9 monthsSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Nov 1985
1 entryFrom the same launch
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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