CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0236
SL-12 DEB
SL-12 DEB (NORAD 27960) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 November 2003.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
27960
International designator
1987-079AZ
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1987Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Nov 2003UTC calendar day
Time since launch
16 years, 2 months5,906 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.4°N to 65.4°SFinal inclination 65.4°
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 65.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.4°N and 65.4°S.
Life in orbit
SL-12 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Nov 2003
1 entryFrom the same launch
1987-079
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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