CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1966-0319
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 1496) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 September 1966.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
1496
International designator
1965-020BW
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
15 Mar 1965Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Sep 1966UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 6 months549 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
55.9°N to 55.9°SFinal inclination 55.9°
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 55.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 55.9°N and 55.9°S.
Life in orbit
SL-8 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Sep 1966
1 entryFrom the same launch
1965-020
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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