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Entry no.
2006-0027

SL-6 R/B(2)

SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 22312) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 April 2006, after 13 years, 2 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
22312
International designator
1993-002D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
13 Jan 1993Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Apr 2006UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
13 years, 2 months4,829 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 allowed
Exact 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

13 years, 2 months

SL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

1993-002
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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