CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0355
SL-3 R/B
SL-3 R/B (NORAD 11822) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 February 2023 over Asia, after 42 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11822
International designator
1980-044B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
4 Jun 1980Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Feb 2023Recorded time 10:16 UTC
Time in orbit
42 years, 8 months15,601 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.2°N to 81.2°SFinal inclination 81.2°
Mass
1,440 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 71.0°N, 54.0°E at 10:16 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 81.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.2°N and 81.2°S.
Life in orbit
42 years, 8 monthsSL-3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Feb 2023
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1980-044
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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