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Entry no.
1988-0599

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 14537) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 September 1988, after 4 years, 9 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
14537
International designator
1983-118D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
30 Nov 1983Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Sep 1988UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 10 May 1986
Time in orbit
4 years, 9 months1,759 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
120 kg

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

4 years, 9 months

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

Also ended on 23 Sep 1988

7 entries
1988-0604COSMOS 19681988-0600SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)1988-0598COSMOS 1260 DEB1988-0601ARIANE 1 DEB1988-0602COSMOS 1823 DEB1988-0603SL-6 DEB1988-0605COSMOS 1967 DEB

From the same launch

1983-118
1983-0459SL-12 R/B(1)1988-0600SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
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