CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0562
SCOUT B R/B
SCOUT B R/B (NORAD 3146) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 December 1980, after 12 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3146
International designator
1968-017B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
5 Mar 1968Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Dec 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 9 months4,678 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
59.4°N to 59.4°SFinal inclination 59.4°
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 59.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 59.4°N and 59.4°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 9 monthsSCOUT B R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Dec 1980
1 entryFrom the same launch
1968-017
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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