CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0128
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 19380) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 May 1998, after 9 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
19380
International designator
1988-069D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
12 Aug 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 May 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 8 months3,558 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.6°N to 63.6°SFinal inclination 63.6°
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 63.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.6°N and 63.6°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 8 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 May 1998
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1988-069
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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