CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0209
SL-6 R/B(1)
SL-6 R/B(1) (NORAD 26868) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 August 2001, after 23 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26868
International designator
2001-030B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
20 Jul 2001Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Aug 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
23 days23 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
Mass
2,350 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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.
Life in orbit
23 daysSL-6 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2001-030
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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