CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2014-0141
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 29659) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 March 2014, after 7 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
29659
International designator
2006-060B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
19 Dec 2006Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Mar 2014UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 3 months2,658 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.9°N to 81.9°SFinal inclination 98.1°
Mass
1,434 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 98.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.9°N and 81.9°S.
Life in orbit
7 years, 3 monthsSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Mar 2014
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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