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Entry no.
1981-0553

SL-12 PLAT

SL-12 PLAT (NORAD 12929) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 October 1981.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12929
International designator
1981-106C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
30 Oct 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Oct 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 day1 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 allowed
Exact 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

Also ended on 31 Oct 1981

4 entries
1981-0552SL-12 R/B1981-0549ATLAS AGENA D DEB1981-0550COSMOS 1316 DEB1981-0551COSMOS 1316 DEB

From the same launch

1981-106
1981-0552SL-12 R/B1982-0064VENERA 13 DESCENT CRAFT
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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