CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0042
SL-7 DEB
SL-7 DEB (NORAD 3638) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 February 1969.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3638
International designator
1968-117L
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
19 Dec 1968Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Feb 1969UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month56 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
71.0°N to 71.0°SFinal inclination 71.0°
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 71.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 71.0°N and 71.0°S.
Life in orbit
SL-7 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Feb 1969
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1968-117
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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