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Entry no.
1978-0455
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 8474) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 November 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8474
International designator
1975-115C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
11 Dec 1975Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Nov 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 11 months1,066 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
73.0°N to 73.0°SFinal inclination 73.0°
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 73.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.0°N and 73.0°S.
Life in orbit
SL-8 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1975-115
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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