CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0106
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 20704) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 April 2000, after 9 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20704
International designator
1990-054E
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
20 Jun 1990Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Apr 2000UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 23 Apr 2000
Time in orbit
9 years, 10 months3,596 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 allowedExact 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, 10 monthsSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Apr 2000
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1990-054
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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