CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2011-0165
SL-12 DEB
SL-12 DEB (NORAD 27920) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 May 2011.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
27920
International designator
1987-079AD
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1987Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
26 May 2011UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 8 months8,653 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.2°N to 65.2°SFinal inclination 65.2°
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 65.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.2°N and 65.2°S.
Life in orbit
SL-12 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 May 2011
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1987-079
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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