CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2009-0133
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) (NORAD 27621) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 May 2009, after 6 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27621
International designator
2002-060E
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
25 Dec 2002Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 May 2009UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 4 months2,327 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.9°N to 63.9°SFinal inclination 63.9°
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 63.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.9°N and 63.9°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 4 monthsSL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 May 2009
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2002-060
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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