Re-entered 1982-08-14Debris

SCOUT D-1 DEB

NORAD: 12405
COSPAR: 1979-013C

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Is it working?

Sources agree

Source	What it says	Date
CelesTrak SATCAT	Decayed or deorbited	1982-08-14
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Re-entered	1982-08-14

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Spacecraft

Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Mass at launch: 2 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 2 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 0.1 m
Diameter: 0.3 m
Span with arrays and booms: 0.3 m
Shape: Disk

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S12405, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1979-02-18
Rocket: Scout D-1
Flight: SAGE
Mission name: AEM-B
Launch site: NASA Wallops Station, LA3A
Launched by: NASA Langley Research Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1979-013

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1979-013, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1979-02-18
Re-entered: 1982-08-14
Period: 88.8 min
Inclination: 54.85°
Apogee: 216 km
Perigee: 209 km
Radar cross-section: 0.16 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: SAGE (NORAD 11270)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 0 still in orbit