CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0104
SL-12 DEB
SL-12 DEB (NORAD 25144) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 April 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
25144
International designator
1987-079M
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1987Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Apr 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 7 months3,874 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
67.3°N to 67.3°SFinal inclination 67.3°
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 67.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 67.3°N and 67.3°S.
Life in orbit
SL-12 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Apr 1998
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1987-079
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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