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Entry no.
1977-0009

SL-12 PLAT

SL-12 PLAT (NORAD 6072) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 January 1977.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6072
International designator
1970-103F
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
2 Dec 1970Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Jan 1977UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years, 1 month2,224 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

SL-12 PLAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 3 Jan 1977

7 entries
1977-0005SL-12 R/B(1)1977-0004WESTFORD NEEDLES1977-0006WESTFORD NEEDLES1977-0007THOR ABLESTAR DEB1977-0008COSMOS 252 DEB1977-0010SL-3 DEB1977-0011COSMOS 884 DEB

From the same launch

1970-103
1977-0005SL-12 R/B(1)1990-0483SL-12 R/B(2)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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