CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2005-0041
SCOUT X-4 DEB
SCOUT X-4 DEB (NORAD 17665) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 April 2005.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17665
International designator
1963-053K
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
19 Dec 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Apr 2005UTC calendar day
Time since launch
41 years, 3 months15,086 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
78.5°N to 78.5°SFinal inclination 78.5°
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 78.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 78.5°N and 78.5°S.
Life in orbit
SCOUT X-4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1963-053
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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