CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0195
SL-3 DEB
SL-3 DEB (NORAD 3863) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 June 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3863
International designator
1969-029N
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
26 Mar 1969Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Jun 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 2 months1,180 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 allowedExact 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 18 Jun 1972
1 entryFrom the same launch
1969-029
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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