CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0039
SCOUT G-1 R/B
SCOUT G-1 R/B (NORAD 11606) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 January 1980, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11606
International designator
1979-094B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
30 Oct 1979Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Jan 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months89 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.2°N to 83.2°SFinal inclination 96.8°
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 96.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.2°N and 83.2°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsSCOUT G-1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Jan 1980
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1979-094
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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