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Entry no.
1989-0940

SL-8 R/B

SL-8 R/B (NORAD 14076) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 November 1989, after 6 years, 5 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
14076
International designator
1983-046B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
19 May 1983Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Nov 1989UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 5 months2,364 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 82.8°
Mass
1,434 kg

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 82.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.

Life in orbit

6 years, 5 months

SL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

1983-046
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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