CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0915
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 16929) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 October 1989, after 3 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
16929
International designator
1986-067B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
3 Sep 1986Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Oct 1989UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 1 month1,149 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 74.0°
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 74.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 1 monthSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Oct 1989
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1986-0671987-0530Kosmos-1776 SS 61987-0538Kosmos-1776 SS 41987-0547Kosmos-1776 SS 81987-0552Kosmos-1776 SS 31987-0555Kosmos-1776 SS 91987-0569Kosmos-1776 SS 21987-0580Kosmos-1776 SS 51987-0591Kosmos-1776 SS 11987-0617Kosmos-1776 SS 71987-0620Kosmos-1776 SS 101988-0024Kosmos-1776 SS 111988-0067Kosmos-1776 SS 12
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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