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Entry no.
1978-0071

SL-8 DEB

SL-8 DEB (NORAD 5962) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 February 1978.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5962
International designator
1971-119C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
27 Dec 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Feb 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years, 1 month2,246 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

SL-8 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

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