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Entry no.
2003-0180

SL-12 DEB

SL-12 DEB (NORAD 28028) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 October 2003.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28028
International designator
1988-085CA
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1988Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Oct 2003UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 years, 1 month5,516 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.8°N to 65.8°SFinal inclination 65.8°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 65.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.8°N and 65.8°S.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 24 Oct 2003

4 entries
2003-0176CZ-4 DEB2003-0177SL-16 DEB2003-0178NNSS 19 DEB2003-0179SL-12 DEB

From the same launch

1988-085
1988-0575SL-12 R/B(1)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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