CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0015
SL-18 R/B
SL-18 R/B (NORAD 24745) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 January 2001, after 3 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24745
International designator
1997-010B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
4 Mar 1997Svobodny
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Jan 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 10 months1,410 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
250 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 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 10 monthsSL-18 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Jan 2001
1 entryFrom the same launch
1997-010
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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