CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1986-0512
SL-6 R/B(1)
SL-6 R/B(1) (NORAD 17033) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 December 1986, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
17033
International designator
1986-078C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
15 Oct 1986Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Dec 1986UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month55 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
Mass
2,700 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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthSL-6 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1986-078
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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