CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0216
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 15955) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 August 2001, after 16 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
15955
International designator
1985-071D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
12 Aug 1985Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Aug 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
16 years5,855 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.0°N to 63.0°SFinal inclination 63.0°
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 63.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.0°N and 63.0°S.
Life in orbit
16 yearsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Aug 2001
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1985-071
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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