CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0211
SL-6 PLAT
SL-6 PLAT (NORAD 3312) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 August 1968.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3312
International designator
1968-057C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
5 Jul 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Aug 1968UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month48 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
SL-6 PLAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Aug 1968
1 entryFrom the same launch
1968-057
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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