CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0204
SCOUT B-1 R/B
SCOUT B-1 R/B (NORAD 7472) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 May 1979, after 4 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
7472
International designator
1974-077B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
15 Oct 1974San Marco platform
Re-entered (UTC)
13 May 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 6 months1,671 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
2.9°N to 2.9°SFinal inclination 2.9°
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 2.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 2.9°N and 2.9°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 6 monthsSCOUT B-1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1974-077
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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