CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0341
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 3776) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 July 1978, after 9 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3776
International designator
1969-021B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
5 Mar 1969Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Jul 1978UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 4 months3,424 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.1°N to 74.1°SFinal inclination 74.1°
Mass
1,434 kg
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 74.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.1°N and 74.1°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 4 monthsSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Jul 1978
1 entryFrom the same launch
1969-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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