CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0149
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 20258) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 October 2003, after 14 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20258
International designator
1989-078D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Sep 1989Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Oct 2003UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 years5,122 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.1°N to 62.1°SFinal inclination 62.1°
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 62.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.1°N and 62.1°S.
Life in orbit
14 yearsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Oct 2003
1 entryFrom the same launch
1989-078
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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