CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0596
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 1566) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 December 1979.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
1566
International designator
1965-020DN
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
15 Mar 1965Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Dec 1979UTC calendar day
Time since launch
14 years, 8 months5,381 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
55.7°N to 55.7°SFinal inclination 55.7°
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 55.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 55.7°N and 55.7°S.
Life in orbit
SL-8 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Dec 1979
1 entryFrom the same launch
1965-020
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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