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Entry no.
1961-0012
SL-6 DEB
SL-6 DEB (NORAD 73) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 March 1961.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
73
International designator
1961-002C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
4 Feb 1961Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Mar 1961UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month41 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-6 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1961-002
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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