CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0138
SL-12 DEB
SL-12 DEB (NORAD 27928) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 September 2003.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
27928
International designator
1987-079AM
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1987Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Sep 2003UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 years, 11 months5,837 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 9 Sep 2003
1 entryFrom the same launch
1987-079
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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