CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0017
SL-6 R/B(1)
SL-6 R/B(1) (NORAD 24641) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 January 1997, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24641
International designator
1996-060B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
24 Oct 1996Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Jan 1997UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months79 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
Mass
2,350 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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsSL-6 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Jan 1997
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1996-060
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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