CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2005-0131
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 25601) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 August 2005, after 6 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25601
International designator
1998-077J
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
30 Dec 1998Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Aug 2005UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 7 months2,414 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.8°N to 63.8°SFinal inclination 63.8°
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 63.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.8°N and 63.8°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 7 monthsSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Aug 2005
1 entryFrom the same launch
1998-077
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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