CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1982-0135
SCOUT G-1 R/B
SCOUT G-1 R/B (NORAD 12460) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 April 1982, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
12460
International designator
1981-044B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
15 May 1981Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Apr 1982UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 months337 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.9°N to 89.9°SFinal inclination 90.1°
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 90.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.9°N and 89.9°S.
Life in orbit
11 monthsSCOUT G-1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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