CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0207
SCOUT B R/B
SCOUT B R/B (NORAD 3460) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 August 1969, after 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3460
International designator
1968-084B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
3 Oct 1968Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Aug 1969UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 months314 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.3°N to 86.3°SFinal inclination 93.7°
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 93.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.3°N and 86.3°S.
Life in orbit
10 monthsSCOUT B R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Aug 1969
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1968-084
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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