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Entry no.
2024-1267

SL-3 R/B

SL-3 R/B (NORAD 12155) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 August 2024 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 43 years, 6 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
12155
International designator
1981-008B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Jan 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Aug 2024Recorded time 12:42 UTC
Time in orbit
43 years, 6 months15,914 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.1°N to 81.1°SFinal inclination 81.1°
Mass
1,440 kg

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 13.0°N, 17.0°W at 12:42 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 81.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.1°N and 81.1°S.

Life in orbit

43 years, 6 months

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

Also ended on 23 Aug 2024

9 entries
2024-1269STARLINK-14612024-1270FLOCK 4S 212024-1271STARLINK-27192024-1272FLOCK 4X 312024-1273Yunyao-1 05 xing2024-1275STARLINK-300402024-1276CZ-4B R/B2024-1268TRANSIT 16 DEB2024-1274CZ-6A DEB

From the same launch

1981-008
2014-0227COSMOS 1242
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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