CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1984-0244
SCOUT X-3M R/B
SCOUT X-3M R/B (NORAD 534) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 May 1984, after 21 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
534
International designator
1963-005B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
19 Feb 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
29 May 1984UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
21 years, 3 months7,770 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
79.6°N to 79.6°SFinal inclination 100.4°
Mass
248 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 100.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 79.6°N and 79.6°S.
Life in orbit
21 years, 3 monthsSCOUT X-3M R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 May 1984
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1963-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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