CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0487
SL-12 R/B(1)
SL-12 R/B(1) (NORAD 27541) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 December 2002, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27541
International designator
2002-048B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
17 Oct 2002Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Dec 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month52 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.5°N to 51.5°SFinal inclination 51.5°
Mass
4,185 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 51.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.5°N and 51.5°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthSL-12 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Dec 2002
1 entryFrom the same launch
2002-048
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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