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Entry no.
2019-0020

SL-6 R/B(2)

SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 8462) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 February 2019 over the South Pacific Ocean, after 43 years, 2 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
8462
International designator
1975-105D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
14 Nov 1975Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Feb 2019Recorded time 19:20 UTC
Time in orbit
43 years, 2 months15,789 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
61.4°N to 61.4°SFinal inclination 61.4°
Mass
4,500 kg

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 54.0°S, 172.0°W at 19:20 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 61.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 61.4°N and 61.4°S.

Life in orbit

43 years, 2 months

SL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 5 Feb 2019

3 entries
2019-0022POLYITAN-2-SAU2019-0023CZ-2C R/B2019-0021COSMOS 2251 DEB

From the same launch

1975-105
1975-0464SL-6 R/B(1)2017-0179MOLNIYA 3-3
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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