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Entry no.
1972-0358
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 5425) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 December 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5425
International designator
1969-021Y
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
5 Mar 1969Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Dec 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 9 months1,386 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.1°N to 74.1°SFinal inclination 74.1°
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 74.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.1°N and 74.1°S.
Life in orbit
SL-8 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Dec 1972
1 entryFrom the same launch
1969-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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