CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2004-0100
BLOCK DM-SL R/B
BLOCK DM-SL R/B (NORAD 26579) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 May 2004, after 3 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26579
International designator
2000-066B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Sea Launch
Launched
21 Oct 2000Sea Launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
28 May 2004UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 7 months1,315 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
5.9°N to 5.9°SFinal inclination 5.9°
Mass
12,330 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 5.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 5.9°N and 5.9°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 7 monthsBLOCK DM-SL R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 May 2004
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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