CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0103
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 5648) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 April 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5648
International designator
1971-105D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
2 Dec 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Apr 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 months123 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
69.1°N to 69.1°SFinal inclination 69.1°
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 69.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 69.1°N and 69.1°S.
Life in orbit
SL-8 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Apr 1972
1 entryFrom the same launch
1971-105
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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