CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0124
SCOUT X-3 R/B
SCOUT X-3 R/B (NORAD 603) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 May 2000, after 36 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
603
International designator
1963-022B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
16 Jun 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
17 May 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
36 years, 11 months13,485 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.9°N to 89.9°SFinal inclination 89.9°
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 89.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.9°N and 89.9°S.
Life in orbit
36 years, 11 monthsSCOUT X-3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 May 2000
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1963-022
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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