CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0619
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 8690) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 December 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8690
International designator
1976-014C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
12 Feb 1976Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Dec 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 years, 9 months2,127 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.8°N to 65.8°SFinal inclination 65.8°
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 65.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.8°N and 65.8°S.
Life in orbit
SL-8 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Dec 1981
1 entryFrom the same launch
1976-014
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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