CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2005-0025
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 28242) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 February 2005, after 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28242
International designator
2004-015F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
26 Apr 2004Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Feb 2005UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 months301 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
47.3°N to 47.3°SFinal inclination 47.3°
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 47.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 47.3°N and 47.3°S.
Life in orbit
9 monthsSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2004-015
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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