CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2008-0023
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 24643) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 February 2008, after 11 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24643
International designator
1996-060D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
24 Oct 1996Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Feb 2008UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 years, 3 months4,134 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.8°N to 63.8°SFinal inclination 63.8°
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 63.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.8°N and 63.8°S.
Life in orbit
11 years, 3 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1996-060
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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