CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-2451
SL-6 R/B(2)
SL-6 R/B(2) (NORAD 32271) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 December 2022 over the Southern Ocean, after 15 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
32271
International designator
2007-049D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
23 Oct 2007Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Dec 2022Recorded time 12:59 UTC
Time in orbit
15 years, 2 months5,543 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
Mass
4,500 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 61.0°S, 16.0°E at 12:59 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.
Life in orbit
15 years, 2 monthsSL-6 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Dec 2022
1 entryFrom the same launch
2007-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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