CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1966-0498
SL-5 DEB
SL-5 DEB (NORAD 686) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 December 1966.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
686
International designator
1963-043D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
1 Nov 1963Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Dec 1966UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 18 Dec 1966
Time since launch
3 years, 1 month1,144 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
59.8°N to 59.8°SFinal inclination 59.8°
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 59.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 59.8°N and 59.8°S.
Life in orbit
SL-5 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Dec 1966
1 entryFrom the same launch
1963-043
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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