CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2009-0267
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 15156) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 November 2009, after 25 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
15156
International designator
1984-079D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
2 Aug 1984Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Nov 2009UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
25 years, 3 months9,227 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.4°N to 61.4°SFinal inclination 61.4°
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 61.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.4°N and 61.4°S.
Life in orbit
25 years, 3 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Nov 2009
1 entryFrom the same launch
1984-079
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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