CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0111
SL-3 R/B
SL-3 R/B (NORAD 11849) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 May 2016 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 35 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11849
International designator
1980-051B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
18 Jun 1980Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 May 2016Recorded time 20:07 UTC
Time in orbit
35 years, 10 months13,113 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 97.7°
Mass
1,440 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 36.0°S, 76.0°W at 20:07 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.
Life in orbit
35 years, 10 monthsSL-3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 May 2016
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1980-051
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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