CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0234
SCOUT D-1 D R/B
SCOUT D-1 D R/B (NORAD 11383) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 April 1988, after 8 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11383
International designator
1979-047B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
2 Jun 1979Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Apr 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 10 months3,235 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
54.9°N to 54.9°SFinal inclination 54.9°
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 54.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 54.9°N and 54.9°S.
Life in orbit
8 years, 10 monthsSCOUT D-1 D R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Apr 1988
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1979-047
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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