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Entry no.
2001-0285

SL-3 R/B

SL-3 R/B (NORAD 5328) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 October 2001, after 30 years, 2 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
5328
International designator
1971-059B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
16 Jul 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Oct 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
30 years, 2 months11,047 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

30 years, 2 months

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

Also ended on 13 Oct 2001

4 entries
2001-0288SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)2001-0289TITAN 4B R/B2001-0286COSMOS 1275 DEB2001-0287THORAD AGENA D DEB

From the same launch

1971-059
1991-0359METEOR 1-9
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