CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0218
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 28164) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 October 2016, after 12 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28164
International designator
2004-005B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
18 Feb 2004Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Oct 2016UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 7 months4,620 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.0°N to 63.0°SFinal inclination 63.0°
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 63.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.0°N and 63.0°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 7 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Oct 2016
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2004-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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