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Entry no.
1988-0233
SL-6 PLAT
SL-6 PLAT (NORAD 18948) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 April 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18948
International designator
1988-017C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
11 Mar 1988Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Apr 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
29 days29 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.0°N to 63.0°SFinal inclination 63.0°
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 63.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.0°N and 63.0°S.
Life in orbit
SL-6 PLAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Apr 1988
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1988-017
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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