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Entry no.
1978-0509
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 10900) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 December 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10900
International designator
1978-049C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
17 May 1978Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Dec 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 months214 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
From the same launch
1978-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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