CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0172
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 20358) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 April 1991, after 1 year, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20358
International designator
1989-096D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
1 Dec 1989Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Apr 1991UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 4 months500 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.4°N to 51.4°SFinal inclination 51.4°
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 51.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.4°N and 51.4°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 4 monthsSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Apr 1991
1 entryFrom the same launch
1989-096
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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