CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0451
SL-3 R/B
SL-3 R/B (NORAD 1098) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 July 1988, after 23 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1098
International designator
1965-014B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
26 Feb 1965Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Jul 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
23 years, 4 months8,550 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Mass
1,440 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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
23 years, 4 monthsSL-3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Jul 1988
1 entryFrom the same launch
1965-014
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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