CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0088
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 12070) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 August 1996, after 15 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
12070
International designator
1980-092D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
16 Nov 1980Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Aug 1996UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
15 years, 8 months5,743 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.1°N to 62.1°SFinal inclination 62.1°
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 62.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.1°N and 62.1°S.
Life in orbit
15 years, 8 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Aug 1996
1 entryFrom the same launch
1980-092
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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