CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0515
SL-3 DEB
SL-3 DEB (NORAD 18529) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 August 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18529
International designator
1979-005C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
25 Jan 1979Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Aug 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
9 years, 7 months3,500 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
SL-3 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Aug 1988
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1979-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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