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Entry no.
1981-0144

SL-8 DEB

SL-8 DEB (NORAD 4016) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 April 1981.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4016
International designator
1965-020EZ
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
15 Mar 1965Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Apr 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
16 years5,873 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

SL-8 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 13 Apr 1981

28 entries
1981-0162Kosmos-1204 SS 111981-0165SL-6 R/B(1)1981-0166SL-4 R/B1981-0138OPS 8464 DEB *1981-0139TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE DEB1981-0140TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE DEB1981-0141TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE DEB1981-0142COSMOS 249 DEB1981-0143COSMOS 252 DEB *1981-0145THORAD AGENA D DEB1981-0146SCOUT B DEB1981-0147THORAD AGENA D DEB+16 more

From the same launch

1965-020
1966-0290SL-8 R/B1967-0294COSMOS 631968-0015COSMOS 611968-0237COSMOS 62
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