CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0320
SL-12 DEB
SL-12 DEB (NORAD 25012) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 October 1997.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
25012
International designator
1987-079K
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1987Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Oct 1997UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 1 month3,698 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 31 Oct 1997
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1987-079
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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