CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1992-0335
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 11670) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 December 1992, after 12 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11670
International designator
1980-002F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
11 Jan 1980Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Dec 1992UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 10 months4,711 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.3°N to 63.3°SFinal inclination 63.3°
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 63.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.3°N and 63.3°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 10 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1980-002
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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