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Entry no.
1999-0338

SL-6 R/B(2)

SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 12134) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 October 1999, after 18 years, 9 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
12134
International designator
1981-002B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
9 Jan 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Oct 1999UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
18 years, 9 months6,861 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.9°N to 61.9°SFinal inclination 61.9°
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 61.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.9°N and 61.9°S.

Life in orbit

18 years, 9 months

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

Also ended on 23 Oct 1999

4 entries
1999-0340SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)1999-0339PEGASUS DEB1999-0341FOTON 12 DEB1999-0342RESURS DEB

From the same launch

1981-002
1981-0039SL-6 R/B(1)1999-0219MOLNIYA 3-14
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