CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0281
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 24830) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 September 1998, after 1 year, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24830
International designator
1997-028D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
6 Jun 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Sep 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 3 months480 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.4°N to 64.4°SFinal inclination 64.4°
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 64.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.4°N and 64.4°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 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
1997-028
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1998-0281
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1998-0281
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.