CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0147
SL-3 R/B
SL-3 R/B (NORAD 11458) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 May 2001, after 21 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11458
International designator
1979-067B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
20 Jul 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 May 2001UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 10 May 2001
Time in orbit
21 years, 9 months7,966 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 allowedExact 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
21 years, 9 monthsSL-3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 May 2001
1 entryFrom the same launch
1979-067
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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