CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2014-0462
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 31798) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 September 2014, after 7 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
31798
International designator
2007-030B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
2 Jul 2007Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Sep 2014UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 2 months2,640 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.8°N to 81.8°SFinal inclination 98.2°
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 98.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.8°N and 81.8°S.
Life in orbit
7 years, 2 monthsSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Sep 2014
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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