CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1966-0096
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 1401) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 March 1966.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
1401
International designator
1965-020AM
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
15 Mar 1965Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Mar 1966UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year370 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
56.1°N to 56.1°SFinal inclination 56.1°
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 56.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 56.1°N and 56.1°S.
Life in orbit
SL-8 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Mar 1966
1 entryFrom the same launch
1965-020
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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