CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0483
SL-12 R/B(2)
SL-12 R/B(2) (NORAD 5316) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 November 1990, after 19 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
5316
International designator
1970-103D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
2 Dec 1970Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Nov 1990UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
19 years, 11 months7,280 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
55.2°N to 55.2°SFinal inclination 55.2°
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 55.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 55.2°N and 55.2°S.
Life in orbit
19 years, 11 monthsSL-12 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1970-103
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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