CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0396
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 23722) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 December 1997, after 2 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23722
International designator
1995-063F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
17 Nov 1995Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Dec 1997UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 1 month762 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
46.5°N to 46.5°SFinal inclination 46.5°
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 46.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 46.5°N and 46.5°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 1 monthSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Dec 1997
1 entryFrom the same launch
1995-063
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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