CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1992-0328
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 16985) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 November 1992, after 6 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
16985
International designator
1986-071H
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
16 Sep 1986Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Nov 1992UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 2 months2,263 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.8°N to 63.8°SFinal inclination 63.8°
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 63.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.8°N and 63.8°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 2 monthsSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1986-071
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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