CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0153
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 26502) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 May 2001, after 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26502
International designator
2000-049F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
28 Aug 2000Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 May 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 months268 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
46.5°N to 46.5°SFinal inclination 46.5°
Mass
110 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 46.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 46.5°N and 46.5°S.
Life in orbit
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
2000-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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