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Entry no.
1972-0310

SCOUT B-1 DEB

SCOUT B-1 DEB (NORAD 5979) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 October 1972.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5979
International designator
1971-109D
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
11 Dec 1971Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Oct 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 months314 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.1°N to 83.1°SFinal inclination 83.1°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 83.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.1°N and 83.1°S.

Life in orbit

SCOUT B-1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 20 Oct 1972

3 entries
1972-0311SL-6 PLAT1972-0312COSMOS 516 DEB (PELPS)1972-0313COSMOS 522 DEB

From the same launch

1971-109
1978-0360SCOUT B-1 R/B1978-0498ARIEL 4 (UK-4)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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