CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0212
SL-16 DEB
SL-16 DEB (NORAD 16438) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 April 1990.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16438
International designator
1985-121E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
28 Dec 1985Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Apr 1990UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 years, 3 months1,576 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.9°N to 70.9°SFinal inclination 70.9°
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 70.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.9°N and 70.9°S.
Life in orbit
SL-16 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Apr 1990
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1985-121
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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