CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0193
SL-12 DEB
SL-12 DEB (NORAD 26046) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 April 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26046
International designator
1989-001M
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
10 Jan 1989Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Apr 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
13 years, 2 months4,833 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.4°N to 64.4°SFinal inclination 64.4°
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 64.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.4°N and 64.4°S.
Life in orbit
SL-12 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Apr 2002
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1989-001
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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