CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0099
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 3659) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 April 1969.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3659
International designator
1968-095C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
30 Oct 1968Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Apr 1969UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 8 Apr 1969
Time since launch
5 months161 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 9 Apr 1969
1 entryFrom the same launch
1968-095
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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