CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1995-0060
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 21045) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 May 1995, after 4 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
21045
International designator
1990-116F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Dec 1990Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 May 1995UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 4 months1,591 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
4 years, 4 monthsSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1990-116Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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