CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0352
SL-6 R/B(1)
SL-6 R/B(1) (NORAD 26971) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 November 2001, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26971
International designator
2001-050B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
25 Oct 2001Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Nov 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month33 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.7°N to 62.7°SFinal inclination 62.7°
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 62.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.7°N and 62.7°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthSL-6 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2001-050
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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