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Entry no.
2014-0179

SL-8 R/B

SL-8 R/B (NORAD 32284) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 April 2014 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 6 years, 5 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
32284
International designator
2007-053B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
1 Nov 2007Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Apr 2014Recorded time 18:37 UTC
Time in orbit
6 years, 5 months2,358 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

Recorded position

Recorded position 47.0°S, 115.0°W at 18:37 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 98.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.9°N and 81.9°S.

Life in orbit

6 years, 5 months

SL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 16 Apr 2014

5 entries
2014-0182ARDUSAT 12014-0178DELTA 1 DEB2014-0180IRIDIUM 33 DEB2014-0181FENGYUN 1C DEB2014-0183RESURS O1 DEB

From the same launch

2007-053
PendingSAR LUPE 3
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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