CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0101
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 3111) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 April 1968.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3111
International designator
1968-006G
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
19 Jan 1968Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Apr 1968UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 months87 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.9°N to 73.9°SFinal inclination 73.9°
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 73.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.9°N and 73.9°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 Apr 1968
1 entryFrom the same launch
1968-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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