CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0229
SL-12 DEB
SL-12 DEB (NORAD 27966) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 November 2003.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
27966
International designator
1988-085L
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1988Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Nov 2003UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 years, 1 month5,535 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.7°N to 65.7°SFinal inclination 65.7°
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 65.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.7°N and 65.7°S.
Life in orbit
SL-12 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1988-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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