CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0464
SL-8 DEB
SL-8 DEB (NORAD 6396) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 February 2025.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6396
International designator
1972-104D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
25 Dec 1972Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Feb 2025UTC calendar day
Time since launch
52 years, 2 months19,058 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.1°N to 74.1°SFinal inclination 74.1°
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 74.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.1°N and 74.1°S.
Life in orbit
SL-8 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Feb 2025
22 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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