CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1973-0046
SCOUT D-1 R/B
SCOUT D-1 R/B (NORAD 6316) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 February 1973, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6316
International designator
1972-100B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
16 Dec 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Feb 1973UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months71 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.1°N to 83.1°SFinal inclination 96.9°
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 96.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.1°N and 83.1°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsSCOUT D-1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1972-100
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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