CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0616
SCOUT G-1 DEB
SCOUT G-1 DEB (NORAD 12944) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 December 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12944
International designator
1981-044C
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
15 May 1981Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Dec 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 months207 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.9°N to 89.9°SFinal inclination 89.9°
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 89.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.9°N and 89.9°S.
Life in orbit
SCOUT G-1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Dec 1981
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1981-044
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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