CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0243
SL-12 DEB
SL-12 DEB (NORAD 23298) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 November 2003.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
23298
International designator
1985-118V
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
24 Dec 1985Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Nov 2003UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 years, 10 months6,541 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.7°N to 62.7°SFinal inclination 62.7°
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 62.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.7°N and 62.7°S.
Life in orbit
SL-12 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Nov 2003
1 entryFrom the same launch
1985-118
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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