CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0516
SCOUT D-1 R/B
SCOUT D-1 R/B (NORAD 10819) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 November 1980, after 2 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
10819
International designator
1978-041B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
26 Apr 1978Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Nov 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 6 months943 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 6 monthsSCOUT D-1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Nov 1980
1 entryFrom the same launch
1978-041
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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