CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0523
SCOUT X-3 DEB (YO)
SCOUT X-3 DEB (YO) (NORAD 523) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 November 1980.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
523
International designator
1962-071D
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
19 Dec 1962Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Nov 1980UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 years, 11 months6,556 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.6°N to 89.6°SFinal inclination 90.4°
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 90.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.6°N and 89.6°S.
Life in orbit
SCOUT X-3 DEB (YO)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Nov 1980
5 entriesFrom the same launch
1962-071
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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