CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0115
SL-4 DEB
SL-4 DEB (NORAD 5008) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 May 1971.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5008
International designator
1971-016C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
26 Feb 1971Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 May 1971UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 months75 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
SL-4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with SL-4 DEB
1 entryFrom the same launch
1971-016
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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