CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2004-0049
SL-12 DEB
SL-12 DEB (NORAD 26682) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 March 2004.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26682
International designator
1985-037J
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
17 May 1985Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Mar 2004UTC calendar day
Time since launch
18 years, 9 months6,877 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.5°N to 51.5°SFinal inclination 51.5°
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 51.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.5°N and 51.5°S.
Life in orbit
SL-12 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Mar 2004
1 entryFrom the same launch
1985-037
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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