CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0055
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 23887) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 March 2000, after 3 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23887
International designator
1996-034F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
25 May 1996Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Mar 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 9 months1,387 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
46.3°N to 46.3°SFinal inclination 46.3°
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 46.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 46.3°N and 46.3°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 9 monthsSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1996-034
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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