CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1935
SCOUT G-1 R/B
SCOUT G-1 R/B (NORAD 20609) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 November 2023, after 33 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20609
International designator
1990-043C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
9 May 1990Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Nov 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
33 years, 6 months12,257 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.7°N to 89.7°SFinal inclination 89.7°
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 89.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.7°N and 89.7°S.
Life in orbit
33 years, 6 monthsSCOUT G-1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Nov 2023
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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