CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1577
SL-12 DEB
SL-12 DEB (NORAD 27998) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 September 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
27998
International designator
1988-085AU
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Sep 1988Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Sep 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
34 years, 11 months12,777 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 10 Sep 2023
1 entryFrom the same launch
1988-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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