CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0143
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 3821) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 May 1969.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3821
International designator
1969-021R
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
5 Mar 1969Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 May 1969UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 months73 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
71.9°N to 71.9°SFinal inclination 71.9°
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 71.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 71.9°N and 71.9°S.
Life in orbit
SL-8 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 May 1969
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1969-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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