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Entry no.
1969-0129

SL-6 PLAT

SL-6 PLAT (NORAD 3888) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 May 1969.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3888
International designator
1969-035D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
11 Apr 1969Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 May 1969UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 days24 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 allowed
Exact 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 5 May 1969

3 entries
1969-0127COSMOS 2591969-0126COSMOS 249 DEB1969-0128SL-8 DEB

From the same launch

1969-035
1969-0123SL-6 R/B(1)1974-0109MOLNIYA 1-111974-0177SL-6 R/B(2)
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