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Entry no.
2002-0086

SL-6 R/B(2)

SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 19544) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 February 2002, after 13 years, 4 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
19544
International designator
1988-090D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
29 Sep 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Feb 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
13 years, 4 months4,886 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.3°N to 62.3°SFinal inclination 62.3°
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 62.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.3°N and 62.3°S.

Life in orbit

13 years, 4 months

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

Also ended on 14 Feb 2002

4 entries
2002-0085SL-3 R/B2002-0084DELTA 1 DEB2002-0087PSLV DEB2002-0088PSLV DEB

From the same launch

1988-090
1988-0736SL-6 R/B(1)2002-0059MOLNIYA 3-33
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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