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Entry no.
2000-0037

SL-3 R/B

SL-3 R/B (NORAD 9854) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 February 2000, after 22 years, 11 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
9854
International designator
1977-015B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
26 Feb 1977Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Feb 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
22 years, 11 months8,388 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.1°N to 81.1°SFinal inclination 81.1°
Mass
1,440 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 81.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.1°N and 81.1°S.

Life in orbit

22 years, 11 months

SL-3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

1977-015
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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