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Entry no.
2002-0027

SL-6 R/B(2)

SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 18983) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 January 2002, after 13 years, 10 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
18983
International designator
1988-022D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
17 Mar 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Jan 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
13 years, 10 months5,060 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
4,500 kg

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

13 years, 10 months

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

Also ended on 23 Jan 2002

4 entries
2002-0028PEGASUS DEB2002-0029PSLV DEB2002-0030PSLV DEB2002-0031PSLV DEB

From the same launch

1988-022
1988-0262SL-6 R/B(1)2001-0180MOLNIYA 1-72
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