CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0403
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 2721) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 July 1988, after 21 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2721
International designator
1967-027B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
24 Mar 1967Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Jul 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
21 years, 3 months7,772 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
56.0°N to 56.0°SFinal inclination 56.0°
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 56.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 56.0°N and 56.0°S.
Life in orbit
21 years, 3 monthsSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Jul 1988
1 entryFrom the same launch
1967-027
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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