CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2017-0078
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 8701) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 May 2017, after 41 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8701
International designator
1976-006D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
22 Jan 1976Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 May 2017UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
41 years, 3 months15,079 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
4,500 kg
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
41 years, 3 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 May 2017
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1976-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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