CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0296
SL-16 R/B
SL-16 R/B (NORAD 18260) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 August 1987, after 2 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
18260
International designator
1987-065B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
1 Aug 1987Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Aug 1987UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 days2 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.0°N to 83.0°SFinal inclination 97.0°
Mass
9,000 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 97.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.0°N and 83.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 daysFrom the same launch
1987-065
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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