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Entry no.
1999-0314

SL-6 R/B(2)

SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 15030) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 September 1999, after 15 years, 3 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
15030
International designator
1984-055D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
6 Jun 1984Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Sep 1999UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
15 years, 3 months5,592 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.2°N to 62.2°SFinal inclination 62.2°
Mass
4,500 kg

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 62.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.2°N and 62.2°S.

Life in orbit

15 years, 3 months

SL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 28 Sep 1999

2 entries
1999-0315ATHENA 2 R/B(OAM)1999-0316SL-12 R/B(1)

From the same launch

1984-055
1984-0329SL-6 R/B(1)2001-0145COSMOS 1569
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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