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Entry no.
1985-0259

SL-12 PLAT

SL-12 PLAT (NORAD 15948) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 August 1985.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
15948
International designator
1985-070C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
8 Aug 1985Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Aug 1985UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 day1 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°

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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 9 Aug 1985

1 entry
1985-0258COSMOS 1668 DEB

From the same launch

1985-070
1985-0264SL-12 R/B(1)1986-0543SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)2001-0128SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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