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Entry no.
1978-0172
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 9834) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 April 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
9834
International designator
1977-011B
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
15 Feb 1977Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Apr 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 2 months426 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo 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.
Also ended on 17 Apr 1978
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1977-011
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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