CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0261
SL-16 DEB
SL-16 DEB (NORAD 22450) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 September 1997.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
22450
International designator
1992-093EP
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
25 Dec 1992Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Sep 1997UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 years, 8 months1,727 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.8°N to 70.8°SFinal inclination 70.8°
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 70.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.8°N and 70.8°S.
Life in orbit
SL-16 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Sep 1997
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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