CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0060
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 20094) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 February 2001, after 11 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20094
International designator
1989-048F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
21 Jun 1989Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Feb 2001UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 20 Feb 2001
Time in orbit
11 years, 8 months4,263 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
46.4°N to 46.4°SFinal inclination 46.4°
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 46.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 46.4°N and 46.4°S.
Life in orbit
11 years, 8 monthsSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1989-048
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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