CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0171
SL-8 DEB *
SL-8 DEB * (NORAD 3042) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 June 1968.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3042
International designator
1967-108E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
30 Oct 1967Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Jun 1968UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 months238 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 74.0°
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 74.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.
Life in orbit
SL-8 DEB *’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Jun 1968
1 entryFrom the same launch
1967-108
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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