CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0503
SCOUT B DEB
SCOUT B DEB (NORAD 4242) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 October 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4242
International designator
1969-097C
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
8 Nov 1969Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Oct 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
11 years, 10 months4,351 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
77.4°N to 77.4°SFinal inclination 102.6°
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 102.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 77.4°N and 77.4°S.
Life in orbit
SCOUT B DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Oct 1981
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1969-097
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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