CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1974-0232
SL-3 DEB
SL-3 DEB (NORAD 5330) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 August 1974.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5330
International designator
1971-059C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Jul 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Aug 1974UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 1 month1,136 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.2°N to 81.2°SFinal inclination 81.2°
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 81.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.2°N and 81.2°S.
Life in orbit
SL-3 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with SL-3 DEB
1 entryFrom the same launch
1971-059
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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