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Entry no.
1974-0340
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 1538) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 December 1974.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
1538
International designator
1965-020CJ
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
15 Mar 1965Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Dec 1974UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 3 Dec 1974
Time since launch
9 years, 8 months3,552 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
56.0°N to 56.0°SFinal inclination 56.0°
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 56.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 56.0°N and 56.0°S.
Life in orbit
SL-8 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Dec 1974
1 entryFrom the same launch
1965-020
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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