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Entry no.
1972-0005

SL-3 DEB

SL-3 DEB (NORAD 3881) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 January 1972.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3881
International designator
1969-029AB
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
26 Mar 1969Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Jan 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 9 months1,016 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.1°N to 81.1°SFinal inclination 81.1°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 81.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.1°N and 81.1°S.

Life in orbit

SL-3 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 6 Jan 1972

4 entries
1972-0006COSMOS 4701972-0004DELTA 1 DEB1972-0007COSMOS 470 DEB1972-0008COSMOS 470 DEB

From the same launch

1969-029
1989-0555SL-3 R/B2012-0114METEOR 1-1
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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