CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1993-0126
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 12383) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 June 1993, after 12 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
12383
International designator
1981-030D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
24 Mar 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Jun 1993UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 3 months4,480 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.5°N to 63.5°SFinal inclination 63.5°
Mass
5,000 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 63.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.5°N and 63.5°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 3 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1981-030
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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