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Entry no.
1962-0137
SL-6 DEB
SL-6 DEB (NORAD 489) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 December 1962.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
489
International designator
1962-062E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
4 Nov 1962Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Dec 1962UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month53 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.7°N to 64.7°SFinal inclination 64.7°
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 64.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.7°N and 64.7°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
1962-062
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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