CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0199
SL-8 DEB *
SL-8 DEB * (NORAD 9991) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 April 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
9991
International designator
1976-115D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
2 Dec 1976Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Apr 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 4 months514 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 74.0°
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 74.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.
Life in orbit
SL-8 DEB *’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Apr 1978
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1976-115
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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