CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0401
SL-12 PLAT
SL-12 PLAT (NORAD 18358) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 September 1987.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18358
International designator
1987-079D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1987Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Sep 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
0 days0 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.8°N to 64.8°SFinal inclination 64.8°
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 64.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.8°N and 64.8°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 16 Sep 1987
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1987-079Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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