CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0228
BIRD-RUBIN/SL-8
BIRD-RUBIN/SL-8 (NORAD 26406) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 August 2001, after 1 year, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26406
International designator
2000-039C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Germany
Launched
15 Jul 2000Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Aug 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 1 month411 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
87.2°N to 87.2°SFinal inclination 87.2°
Mass
1,434 kg
Operator
RVSN RF
Built by
Polyot
Bus
S3
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 87.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 87.2°N and 87.2°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 1 monthBIRD-RUBIN/SL-8’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2000-039
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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