CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0331
SL-14 DEB
SL-14 DEB (NORAD 25231) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 November 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
25231
International designator
1987-068BJ
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
18 Aug 1987Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Nov 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
11 years, 2 months4,103 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 82.4°
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 82.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
SL-14 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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