CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0186
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 5259) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 June 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5259
International designator
1971-050E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
29 May 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Jun 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year377 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
SL-8 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Jun 1972
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1971-050
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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