CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2009-0217
SL-12 DEB
SL-12 DEB (NORAD 28579) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 August 2009.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28579
International designator
1992-047N
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
30 Jul 1992Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Aug 2009UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 years6,238 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.
From the same launch
1992-047
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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