CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0586
SL-4 DEB
SL-4 DEB (NORAD 12956) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 November 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12956
International designator
1981-112C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
13 Nov 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Nov 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 days3 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.6°N to 70.6°SFinal inclination 70.6°
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 70.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.6°N and 70.6°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 16 Nov 1981
1 entryFrom the same launch
1981-112
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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