CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0360
SCOUT B-1 R/B
SCOUT B-1 R/B (NORAD 5676) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 August 1978, after 6 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
5676
International designator
1971-109B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
11 Dec 1971Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Aug 1978UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 7 months2,433 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 82.9°
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 82.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 7 monthsSCOUT B-1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Aug 1978
1 entryFrom the same launch
1971-109
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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