CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0259
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 14041) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 September 1998, after 15 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
14041
International designator
1983-038E
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
25 Apr 1983Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Sep 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
15 years, 4 months5,615 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, 4 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1983-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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