CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2004-0043
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 23813) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 March 2004, after 8 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23813
International designator
1996-005F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
25 Jan 1996Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Mar 2004UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 1 month2,964 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
46.4°N to 46.4°SFinal inclination 46.4°
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 46.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 46.4°N and 46.4°S.
Life in orbit
8 years, 1 monthSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1996-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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