CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0077
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 11762) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 July 1996, after 16 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11762
International designator
1980-028E
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
12 Apr 1980Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Jul 1996UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
16 years, 3 months5,936 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.6°N to 61.6°SFinal inclination 61.6°
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 61.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.6°N and 61.6°S.
Life in orbit
16 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
1980-028
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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