CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0391
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 18086) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 September 2002, after 15 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
18086
International designator
1987-048D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
4 Jun 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Sep 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
15 years, 3 months5,586 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.7°N to 62.7°SFinal inclination 62.7°
Mass
4,500 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
15 years, 3 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1987-048
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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