CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0066
SCOUT B R/B
SCOUT B R/B (NORAD 5973) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 March 1987, after 15 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
5973
International designator
1971-096B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
15 Nov 1971San Marco platform
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Mar 1987UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
15 years, 3 months5,587 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
47 kg
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
15 years, 3 monthsSCOUT B R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Mar 1987
1 entryFrom the same launch
1971-096
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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