CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0408
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 21862) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 December 1997, after 5 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
21862
International designator
1992-005G
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
29 Jan 1992Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Dec 1997UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 23 Dec 1997
Time in orbit
5 years, 10 months2,156 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.9°N to 63.9°SFinal inclination 63.9°
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 63.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.9°N and 63.9°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 10 monthsSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Dec 1997
1 entryFrom the same launch
1992-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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