CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1971-0261
SCOUT X-4 DEB
SCOUT X-4 DEB (NORAD 4079) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 October 1971.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4079
International designator
1964-076M
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
21 Nov 1964Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Oct 1971UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years, 11 months2,525 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 81.3°
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 81.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.3°N and 81.3°S.
Life in orbit
SCOUT X-4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Oct 1971
1 entryFrom the same launch
1964-076
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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