CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2004-0068
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 869) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 April 2004, after 39 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
869
International designator
1964-049D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Aug 1964Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Apr 2004UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
39 years, 7 months14,475 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.9°N to 63.9°SFinal inclination 63.9°
Mass
1,650 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 63.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.9°N and 63.9°S.
Life in orbit
39 years, 7 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Apr 2004
1 entryFrom the same launch
1964-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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