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Entry no.
1991-0128

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 18112) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 March 1991, after 3 years, 10 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
18112
International designator
1987-040F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
11 May 1987Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Mar 1991UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 10 months1,408 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

3 years, 10 months

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

Also ended on 19 Mar 1991

1 entry
1991-0127COSMOS 397 DEB

From the same launch

1987-040
1987-0184SL-12 R/B(1)1990-0126SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
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