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Entry no.
1988-0072

SL-4 R/B

SL-4 R/B (NORAD 18824) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 February 1988, after 6 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
18824
International designator
1988-007B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
3 Feb 1988Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Feb 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 days6 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
Mass
2,350 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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.

Life in orbit

6 days

Also ended on 9 Feb 1988

4 entries
1988-0071COSMOS 19151988-0070SL-6 R/B(1)1988-0069COSMOS 1646 DEB1988-0073COSMOS 1906 DEB

From the same launch

1988-007
1988-0117COSMOS 1916
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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