CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0009
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 16223) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 January 2003, after 17 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
16223
International designator
1985-103D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
28 Oct 1985Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Jan 2003UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
17 years, 2 months6,286 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 allowedExact 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
17 years, 2 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Jan 2003
1 entryFrom the same launch
1985-103
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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