CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0036
SL-4 R/B
SL-4 R/B (NORAD 25168) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 February 1998, after 4 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25168
International designator
1998-009B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
17 Feb 1998Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Feb 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 days4 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.4°N to 70.4°SFinal inclination 70.4°
Mass
2,350 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 70.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.4°N and 70.4°S.
Life in orbit
4 daysFrom the same launch
1998-009
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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