CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1970-0113
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 3976) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 May 1970.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3976
International designator
1969-021W
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
5 Mar 1969Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 May 1970UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 2 months437 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.3°N to 72.3°SFinal inclination 72.3°
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 72.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.3°N and 72.3°S.
Life in orbit
SL-8 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 May 1970
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1969-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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