CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0040
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 15489) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 April 1996, after 11 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
15489
International designator
1985-007F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
18 Jan 1985Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Apr 1996UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 years, 3 months4,110 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
46.6°N to 46.6°SFinal inclination 46.6°
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 46.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 46.6°N and 46.6°S.
Life in orbit
11 years, 3 monthsSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1985-007
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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