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Entry no.
1998-0151
SL-18 DEB
SL-18 DEB (NORAD 24747) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 May 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
24747
International designator
1997-010D
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
4 Mar 1997Svobodny
Re-entered (UTC)
23 May 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 2 months445 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
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 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
SL-18 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1997-010Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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