CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0344
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 13973) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 March 1989, after 5 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
13973
International designator
1983-027B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
6 Apr 1983Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Mar 1989UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 11 months2,178 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.8°N to 65.8°SFinal inclination 65.8°
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 65.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.8°N and 65.8°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 11 monthsSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Mar 1989
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1983-027
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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