CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2005-0181
BLOCK DM-SL R/B
BLOCK DM-SL R/B (NORAD 28703) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 October 2005, after 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28703
International designator
2005-022B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Sea Launch
Launched
23 Jun 2005Sea Launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Oct 2005UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months119 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
0.2°N to 0.2°SFinal inclination 0.2°
Mass
3,300 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 0.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 0.2°N and 0.2°S.
Life in orbit
3 monthsBLOCK DM-SL R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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