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Entry no.
1972-0015
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 5464) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 January 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5464
International designator
1971-074D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
7 Sep 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Jan 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 months137 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.9°N to 73.9°SFinal inclination 73.9°
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 73.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.9°N and 73.9°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
1971-074
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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