CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0132
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 3781) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 May 1969.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3781
International designator
1969-021D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
5 Mar 1969Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 May 1969UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 months63 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.8°N to 73.8°SFinal inclination 73.8°
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 73.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.8°N and 73.8°S.
Life in orbit
SL-8 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 May 1969
1 entryFrom the same launch
1969-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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