CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2009-0211
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 20816) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 August 2009, after 18 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20816
International designator
1990-084D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
20 Sep 1990Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Aug 2009UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
18 years, 11 months6,909 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.2°N to 62.2°SFinal inclination 62.2°
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 62.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.2°N and 62.2°S.
Life in orbit
18 years, 11 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1990-084
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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