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Entry no.
1982-0092
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 6162) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 March 1982.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6162
International designator
1972-043E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
23 Jun 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Mar 1982UTC calendar day
Time since launch
9 years, 9 months3,560 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 74.0°
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 74.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.
Life in orbit
SL-8 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Mar 1982
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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