CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0019
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 23174) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 January 2003, after 8 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23174
International designator
1994-038F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
6 Jul 1994Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Jan 2003UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 6 months3,124 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
47.0°N to 47.0°SFinal inclination 47.0°
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 47.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 47.0°N and 47.0°S.
Life in orbit
8 years, 6 monthsSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1994-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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