CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0299
SCOUT D-1 R/B
SCOUT D-1 R/B (NORAD 9404) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 June 1978, after 1 year, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
9404
International designator
1976-089B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
1 Sep 1976Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Jun 1978UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 9 months666 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.7°N to 89.7°SFinal inclination 90.3°
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 90.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.7°N and 89.7°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 9 monthsSCOUT D-1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1976-089
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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