CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2006-0253
SL-12 DEB
SL-12 DEB (NORAD 29404) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 December 2006.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
29404
International designator
1989-039BG
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
31 May 1989Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Dec 2006UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 years, 6 months6,411 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.3°N to 65.3°SFinal inclination 65.3°
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 65.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.3°N and 65.3°S.
Life in orbit
SL-12 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Dec 2006
7 entriesFrom the same launch
1989-039
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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