CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2018-0056
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 26870) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 March 2018, after 16 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26870
International designator
2001-030D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
20 Jul 2001Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Mar 2018UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
16 years, 7 months6,084 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.2°N to 62.2°SFinal inclination 62.2°
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 62.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.2°N and 62.2°S.
Life in orbit
16 years, 7 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Mar 2018
1 entryFrom the same launch
2001-030
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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