CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2004-0180
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 22636) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 November 2004, after 11 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22636
International designator
1993-025D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
21 Apr 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Nov 2004UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 years, 6 months4,226 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.5°N to 63.5°SFinal inclination 63.5°
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 63.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.5°N and 63.5°S.
Life in orbit
11 years, 6 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1993-025
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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