CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0902
SCOUT X-3 R/B
SCOUT X-3 R/B (NORAD 519) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 October 1989, after 26 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
519
International designator
1962-071C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
19 Dec 1962Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Oct 1989UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
26 years, 10 months9,803 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.4°N to 89.4°SFinal inclination 90.6°
Mass
24 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 90.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.4°N and 89.4°S.
Life in orbit
26 years, 10 monthsSCOUT X-3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Oct 1989
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1962-071
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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