CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2004-0089
SL-3 R/B
SL-3 R/B (NORAD 11630) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 May 2004, after 24 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11630
International designator
1979-099B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Nov 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 May 2004UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
24 years, 5 months8,928 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
24 years, 5 monthsSL-3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 May 2004
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1979-099
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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