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Entry no.
2003-0248

SL-12 DEB

SL-12 DEB (NORAD 27997) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 November 2003.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
27997
International designator
1988-085AT
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1988Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Nov 2003UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 years, 2 months5,545 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.6°N to 65.6°SFinal inclination 65.6°

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 65.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.6°N and 65.6°S.

Life in orbit

SL-12 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 22 Nov 2003

5 entries
2003-0246SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)2003-0245PSLV DEB2003-0247SL-12 DEB2003-0249COSMOS 2399 DEB2003-0250FSW-3 1 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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