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2000-0180

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 21025) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 July 2000, after 9 years, 6 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
21025
International designator
1990-112F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
20 Dec 1990Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Jul 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 6 months3,482 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 allowed
Exact 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

9 years, 6 months

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

From the same launch

1990-112
1990-0548SL-12 R/B(1)1991-0306SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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