CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2008-0740
SL-12 DEB
SL-12 DEB (NORAD 28259) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 December 2008.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28259
International designator
1989-001T
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
10 Jan 1989Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Dec 2008UTC calendar day
Time since launch
19 years, 11 months7,287 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
SL-12 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Dec 2008
1 entryFrom the same launch
1989-001
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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