CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-1041
SL-6 PLAT
SL-6 PLAT (NORAD 20341) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 December 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20341
International designator
1989-094D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
28 Nov 1989Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Dec 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
22 days22 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.
Life in orbit
SL-6 PLAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Dec 1989
1 entryFrom the same launch
1989-094
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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