CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2009-0018
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 13215) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 January 2009, after 26 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
13215
International designator
1982-045D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
20 May 1982Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Jan 2009UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
26 years, 7 months9,740 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.0°N to 62.0°SFinal inclination 62.0°
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 62.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.0°N and 62.0°S.
Life in orbit
26 years, 7 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1982-045
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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