CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0365
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 12784) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 August 1979, after 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
12784
International designator
1978-118D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
19 Dec 1978Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Aug 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months225 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
120 kg
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
7 monthsAlso ended on 1 Aug 1979
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1978-118Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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