CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0092
SCOUT B R/B
SCOUT B R/B (NORAD 3059) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 April 1968, after 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3059
International designator
1967-120B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
5 Dec 1967Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Apr 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months125 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.3°N to 89.3°SFinal inclination 90.7°
Mass
47 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 90.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.3°N and 89.3°S.
Life in orbit
4 monthsSCOUT B R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1967-120
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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