CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1992-0110
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 11073) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 April 1992, after 13 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11073
International designator
1978-072D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
14 Jul 1978Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Apr 1992UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 17 Mar 1992
Time in orbit
13 years, 9 months5,025 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.8°N to 61.8°SFinal inclination 61.8°
Mass
4,500 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 61.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.8°N and 61.8°S.
Life in orbit
13 years, 9 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Apr 1992
1 entryFrom the same launch
1978-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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