CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0091
SCOUT D-1 DEB
SCOUT D-1 DEB (NORAD 9409) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 March 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
9409
International designator
1976-089C
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
1 Sep 1976Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Mar 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 6 months546 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.8°N to 89.8°SFinal inclination 90.2°
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 90.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.8°N and 89.8°S.
Life in orbit
SCOUT D-1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Mar 1978
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1976-089
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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