CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0396
SL-3 R/B
SL-3 R/B (NORAD 1844) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 November 1999, after 33 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1844
International designator
1965-106B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
17 Dec 1965Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Nov 1999UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 29 Nov 1999
Time in orbit
33 years, 11 months12,401 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
33 years, 11 monthsSL-3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Nov 1999
5 entriesFrom the same launch
1965-106
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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