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Entry no.
1998-0300

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 20116) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 October 1998, after 9 years, 3 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
20116
International designator
1989-052F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
5 Jul 1989Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Oct 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 3 months3,392 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 allowed
Exact 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

9 years, 3 months

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 18 Oct 1998

1 entry
1998-0301SFU DEB

From the same launch

1989-052
1989-0635SL-12 R/B(1)1991-0336SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
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