CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2015-0333
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 14484) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 July 2015, after 31 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
14484
International designator
1983-111B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
11 Nov 1983Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Jul 2015UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
31 years, 8 months11,579 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 82.8°
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 82.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
31 years, 8 monthsSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Jul 2015
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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