CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0463
SL-3 DEB
SL-3 DEB (NORAD 3849) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 October 1980.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3849
International designator
1969-029C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
26 Mar 1969Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Oct 1980UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 5 Nov 1980
Time since launch
11 years, 7 months4,237 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 81.3°
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 81.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.3°N and 81.3°S.
Life in orbit
SL-3 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Oct 1980
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1969-029
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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