CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0181
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 20339) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 July 2000, after 10 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20339
International designator
1989-094B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
28 Nov 1989Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Jul 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 years, 7 months3,871 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.7°N to 63.7°SFinal inclination 63.7°
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 63.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.7°N and 63.7°S.
Life in orbit
10 years, 7 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1989-094
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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