CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0140
SCOUT D-1 R/B
SCOUT D-1 R/B (NORAD 8364) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 March 1978, after 2 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8364
International designator
1975-099B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
12 Oct 1975Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Mar 1978UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 5 months898 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.3°N to 89.3°SFinal inclination 90.7°
Mass
31 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 90.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.3°N and 89.3°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 5 monthsSCOUT D-1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1975-099
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1978-0140
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1978-0140
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.