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2013-0244

SL-6 R/B(2)

SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 24276) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 July 2013, after 16 years, 11 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
24276
International designator
1996-045D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
14 Aug 1996Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Jul 2013UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
16 years, 11 months6,181 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.2°N to 62.2°SFinal inclination 62.2°
Mass
3,770 kg

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact 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

16 years, 11 months

SL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

1996-045
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