CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2010-0331
SL-12 R/B(2)
SL-12 R/B(2) (NORAD 27542) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 November 2010, after 8 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27542
International designator
2002-048C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
17 Oct 2002Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Nov 2010UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years2,939 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
85.2°N to 85.2°SFinal inclination 85.2°
Mass
14,600 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 85.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 85.2°N and 85.2°S.
Life in orbit
8 yearsSL-12 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Nov 2010
1 entryFrom the same launch
2002-048
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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