CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0259
SL-12 DEB
SL-12 DEB (NORAD 28021) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 November 2003.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28021
International designator
1988-085BT
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1988Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Nov 2003UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 years, 2 months5,548 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 25 Nov 2003
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1988-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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