CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0668
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 13884) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 October 1988, after 5 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
13884
International designator
1983-016D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
12 Mar 1983Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Oct 1988UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 27 Oct 1986
Time in orbit
5 years, 7 months2,042 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
5 years, 7 monthsSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Oct 1988
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1983-016Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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