CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0189
SCOUT D-1 R/B
SCOUT D-1 R/B (NORAD 6800) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 May 1979, after 6 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6800
International designator
1972-091B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
15 Nov 1972San Marco platform
Re-entered (UTC)
1 May 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 5 months2,358 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
1.9°N to 1.9°SFinal inclination 1.9°
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 1.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 1.9°N and 1.9°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 5 monthsSCOUT D-1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 May 1979
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1972-091
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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