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Entry no.
1991-0557

SL-8 R/B

SL-8 R/B (NORAD 20582) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 December 1991, after 1 year, 8 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
20582
International designator
1990-038B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
25 Apr 1990Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Dec 1991UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 8 months614 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 allowed
Exact 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

1 year, 8 months

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

From the same launch

1990-038
1990-0424Kosmos-2075 SS 31990-0425Kosmos-2075 SS 41990-0429Kosmos-2075 SS 51990-0435Kosmos-2075 SS 61990-0443Kosmos-2075 SS 21990-0451Kosmos-2075 SS 11992-0041Kosmos-2075 SS 91992-0042Kosmos-2075 SS 81992-0044Kosmos-2075 SS 71992-0049Kosmos-2075 SS 111992-0052Kosmos-2075 SS 131992-0053Kosmos-2075 SS 10
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