CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2014-0659
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 27412) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 December 2014, after 12 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27412
International designator
2002-017D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
1 Apr 2002Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Dec 2014UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 8 months4,644 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.2°N to 62.2°SFinal inclination 62.2°
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 62.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.2°N and 62.2°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 8 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2002-017
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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