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Entry no.
1978-0012

SL-4 DEB

SL-4 DEB (NORAD 10500) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 January 1978.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10500
International designator
1977-110C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
4 Dec 1977Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Jan 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month33 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.9°N to 72.9°SFinal inclination 72.9°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 72.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.9°N and 72.9°S.

Life in orbit

From the same launch

1977-110
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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