CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0185
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 20093) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 March 1990, after 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20093
International designator
1989-048E
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
21 Jun 1989Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Mar 1990UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 months282 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
46.4°N to 46.4°SFinal inclination 46.4°
Mass
120 kg
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 46.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 46.4°N and 46.4°S.
Life in orbit
9 monthsSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Mar 1990
1 entryFrom the same launch
1989-048
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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