CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0140
SL-3 R/B
SL-3 R/B (NORAD 8755) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 May 1999, after 23 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8755
International designator
1976-024B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
16 Mar 1976Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 May 1999UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
23 years, 1 month8,453 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.2°N to 81.2°SFinal inclination 81.2°
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 81.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.2°N and 81.2°S.
Life in orbit
23 years, 1 monthSL-3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 May 1999
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1976-024
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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