CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2017-0018
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 19448) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 February 2017, after 28 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
19448
International designator
1988-076D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
30 Aug 1988Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Feb 2017UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
28 years, 5 months10,388 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.1°N to 63.1°SFinal inclination 63.1°
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 63.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.1°N and 63.1°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.
From the same launch
1988-076
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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