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Entry no.
2022-0588

SL-3 R/B

SL-3 R/B (NORAD 16111) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 March 2022 over Asia, after 36 years, 5 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
16111
International designator
1985-090B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
3 Oct 1985Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Mar 2022Recorded time 01:10 UTC
Time in orbit
36 years, 5 months13,318 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
1,440 kg

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 59.0°N, 104.0°E at 01:10 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.

Life in orbit

36 years, 5 months

SL-3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 21 Mar 2022

7 entries
2022-0595SL-4 R/B2022-0589COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0590ELECTRON DEB2022-0591COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0592COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0593COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0594COSMOS 1408 DEB

From the same launch

1985-090
2001-0017COSMOS 1689
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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