CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0970
SL-3 DEB
SL-3 DEB (NORAD 8424) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 November 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8424
International designator
1974-066C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
16 Aug 1974Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Nov 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 years, 3 months5,572 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.1°N to 81.1°SFinal inclination 81.1°
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 81.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.1°N and 81.1°S.
Life in orbit
SL-3 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Nov 1989
1 entryFrom the same launch
1974-066
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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