CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0030
SL-3 R/B
SL-3 R/B (NORAD 751) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 February 1998, after 34 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
751
International designator
1964-006D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
30 Jan 1964Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Feb 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
34 years12,435 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
56.2°N to 56.2°SFinal inclination 56.2°
Mass
1,440 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 56.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 56.2°N and 56.2°S.
Life in orbit
34 yearsSL-3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1964-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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