CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0202
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 23172) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 August 2001, after 7 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23172
International designator
1994-038E
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
6 Jul 1994Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Aug 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years2,587 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
46.8°N to 46.8°SFinal inclination 46.8°
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 46.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 46.8°N and 46.8°S.
Life in orbit
7 yearsSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Aug 2001
1 entryFrom the same launch
1994-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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