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Entry no.
1979-0323

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 11077) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 July 1979, after 11 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
11077
International designator
1978-073E
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
18 Jul 1978Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Jul 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 months360 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
47.2°N to 47.2°SFinal inclination 47.2°
Mass
120 kg

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 47.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 47.2°N and 47.2°S.

Life in orbit

11 months

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Came down with SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)

4 entries
1979-0322OPS 70401979-0325Kapsula Kosmosa-11021979-0324COSMOS 880 DEB1979-0326SL-6 PLAT

From the same launch

1978-073
1978-0342SL-12 R/B(1)1979-0078SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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