CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2006-0234
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 21850) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 December 2006, after 14 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
21850
International designator
1992-003D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
24 Jan 1992Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Dec 2006UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 years, 10 months5,437 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.6°N to 61.6°SFinal inclination 61.6°
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 61.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.6°N and 61.6°S.
Life in orbit
14 years, 10 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Dec 2006
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1992-003
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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