CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0466
SL-3 R/B
SL-3 R/B (NORAD 11156) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 November 2002, after 23 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11156
International designator
1978-117B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
19 Dec 1978Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Nov 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
23 years, 11 months8,737 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.2°N to 81.2°SFinal inclination 81.2°
Mass
1,440 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 81.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.2°N and 81.2°S.
Life in orbit
23 years, 11 monthsSL-3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Nov 2002
1 entryFrom the same launch
1978-117
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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