CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Orbital Register seal
Entry no.
1999-0340

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 25500) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 October 1999, after 1 year, 5 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
25500
International designator
1998-025F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
29 Apr 1998Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Oct 1999UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 5 months542 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
47.0°N to 47.0°SFinal inclination 47.0°
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 47.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 47.0°N and 47.0°S.

Life in orbit

1 year, 5 months

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

Also ended on 23 Oct 1999

4 entries
1999-0338SL-6 R/B(2)1999-0339PEGASUS DEB1999-0341FOTON 12 DEB1999-0342RESURS DEB

From the same launch

1998-025
1998-0114SL-12 R/B(1)1998-0371SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
Orbital Register seal
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1999-0340
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.