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Entry no.
2001-0395

SL-6 R/B(2)

SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 13446) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 December 2001, after 19 years, 3 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
13446
International designator
1982-083E
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Aug 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Dec 2001UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 21 Dec 2001
Time in orbit
19 years, 3 months7,058 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.1°N to 62.1°SFinal inclination 62.1°
Mass
4,500 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 62.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.1°N and 62.1°S.

Life in orbit

19 years, 3 months

SL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 23 Dec 2001

3 entries
2001-0394DIAMANT B R/B2001-0396SL-12 DEB2001-0397COSMOS 2367 DEB

From the same launch

1982-083
1982-0364SL-6 R/B(1)2002-0010MOLNIYA 3-19
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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