CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2006-0117
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 20649) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 September 2006, after 16 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20649
International designator
1990-052D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
13 Jun 1990Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Sep 2006UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
16 years, 3 months5,936 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.4°N to 62.4°SFinal inclination 62.4°
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 62.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.4°N and 62.4°S.
Life in orbit
16 years, 3 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Sep 2006
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1990-052
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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