CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1982-0409
SL-8 R/B
SL-8 R/B (NORAD 3349) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 October 1982, after 14 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3349
International designator
1968-070B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
27 Aug 1968Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Oct 1982UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 years, 1 month5,155 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
56.0°N to 56.0°SFinal inclination 56.0°
Mass
1,434 kg
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 56.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 56.0°N and 56.0°S.
Life in orbit
14 years, 1 monthSL-8 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Oct 1982
1 entryFrom the same launch
1968-070
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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