CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0150
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 26973) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 April 2012, after 10 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26973
International designator
2001-050D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
25 Oct 2001Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Apr 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 years, 5 months3,833 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.0°N to 64.0°SFinal inclination 64.0°
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 64.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.0°N and 64.0°S.
Life in orbit
10 years, 5 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Apr 2012
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2001-050
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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