CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0384
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 16197) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 November 1999, after 14 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
16197
International designator
1985-099E
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
23 Oct 1985Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Nov 1999UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 years5,143 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.4°N to 62.4°SFinal inclination 62.4°
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 62.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.4°N and 62.4°S.
Life in orbit
14 yearsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1985-099
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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