CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2005-0020
SL-12 DEB
SL-12 DEB (NORAD 27957) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 February 2005.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
27957
International designator
1987-079AW
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1987Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Feb 2005UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 years, 4 months6,355 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 allowedExact 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 8 Feb 2005
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1987-079
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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