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Entry no.
1970-0083
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 3801) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 April 1970.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3801
International designator
1969-021J
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
5 Mar 1969Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Apr 1970UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year395 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.2°N to 73.2°SFinal inclination 73.2°
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 73.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.2°N and 73.2°S.
Life in orbit
SL-8 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1969-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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