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Entry no.
2001-0344

SL-3 R/B

SL-3 R/B (NORAD 10363) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 November 2001, after 24 years, 1 month in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
10363
International designator
1977-091B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
20 Sep 1977Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Nov 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
24 years, 1 month8,821 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.2°N to 81.2°SFinal inclination 81.2°
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 81.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.2°N and 81.2°S.

Life in orbit

24 years, 1 month

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

From the same launch

1977-091
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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