CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0003
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 23854) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 January 2001, after 4 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23854
International designator
1996-025B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
24 Apr 1996Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Jan 2001UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 4 Jan 2001
Time in orbit
4 years, 8 months1,717 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 82.8°
Mass
1,434 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 82.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 8 monthsSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1996-025
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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