CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0216
SL-12 DEB
SL-12 DEB (NORAD 5453) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 September 1971.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5453
International designator
1971-073E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
2 Sep 1971Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Sep 1971UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 days6 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.5°N to 51.5°SFinal inclination 51.5°
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 51.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.5°N and 51.5°S.
Life in orbit
From the same launch
1971-073
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.