CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0388
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 18719) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 December 2000, after 12 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
18719
International designator
1987-109E
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Dec 1987Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Dec 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 11 months4,742 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
46.9°N to 46.9°SFinal inclination 46.9°
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 46.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 46.9°N and 46.9°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 11 monthsSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Dec 2000
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1987-109
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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