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Entry no.
2004-0134

SL-12 DEB

SL-12 DEB (NORAD 27961) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 September 2004.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
27961
International designator
1987-079BA
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Sep 2004UTC calendar day
Time since launch
16 years, 11 months6,203 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.

From the same launch

1987-079
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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