CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0154
SL-3 R/B
SL-3 R/B (NORAD 11252) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 May 2001, after 22 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11252
International designator
1979-005B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
25 Jan 1979Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 May 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
22 years, 3 months8,155 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
1,440 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
22 years, 3 monthsSL-3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1979-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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