CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0648
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 17327) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 October 1988, after 1 year, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
17327
International designator
1987-007B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Jan 1987Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Oct 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 8 months623 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
50.6°N to 50.6°SFinal inclination 50.6°
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 50.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 50.6°N and 50.6°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 8 monthsSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1987-007
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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