CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0148
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 24899) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 May 1998, after 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24899
International designator
1997-041E
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
14 Aug 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 May 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 months280 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.0°N to 48.0°SFinal inclination 48.0°
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 48.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.0°N and 48.0°S.
Life in orbit
9 monthsSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 May 1998
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1997-041
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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