CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0177
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 13751) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 March 1988, after 5 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
13751
International designator
1982-121B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
29 Dec 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Mar 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 2 months1,914 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.7°N to 65.7°SFinal inclination 65.7°
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 65.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.7°N and 65.7°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 2 monthsSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Mar 1988
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1982-121
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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