CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2004-0004
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 27779) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 January 2004, after 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27779
International designator
2003-015E
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
24 Apr 2003Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Jan 2004UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 months259 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
47.2°N to 47.2°SFinal inclination 47.2°
Mass
110 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 47.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 47.2°N and 47.2°S.
Life in orbit
8 monthsSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2003-015
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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