CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0232
SL-3 DEB
SL-3 DEB (NORAD 3850) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 September 1969.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3850
International designator
1969-029D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
26 Mar 1969Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Sep 1969UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 months166 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.2°N to 81.2°SFinal inclination 81.2°
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 81.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.2°N and 81.2°S.
Life in orbit
SL-3 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Sep 1969
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1969-029
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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