CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0004
SCOUT A DEB
SCOUT A DEB (NORAD 28210) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 January 2012.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28210
International designator
1966-041G
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
19 May 1966Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Jan 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
45 years, 7 months16,664 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.9°N to 89.9°SFinal inclination 90.1°
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 90.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.9°N and 89.9°S.
Life in orbit
SCOUT A DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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