CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0214
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 24963) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 September 2016, after 19 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24963
International designator
1997-054D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
24 Sep 1997Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Sep 2016UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
19 years6,946 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.8°N to 61.8°SFinal inclination 61.8°
Mass
3,770 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 61.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.8°N and 61.8°S.
Life in orbit
19 yearsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1997-054
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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