CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0087
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 1397) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 April 1968.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
1397
International designator
1965-020AJ
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
15 Mar 1965Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Apr 1968UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years1,118 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 6 Apr 1968
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1965-020
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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