CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2015-0159
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 17037) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 March 2015, after 28 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
17037
International designator
1986-078D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
15 Oct 1986Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Mar 2015UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
28 years, 5 months10,393 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.9°N to 63.9°SFinal inclination 63.9°
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 63.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.9°N and 63.9°S.
Life in orbit
28 years, 5 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Mar 2015
1 entryFrom the same launch
1986-078
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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