Re-entered 2014-11-14Debris

SCOUT X-4 DEB

NORAD: 726
COSPAR: 1963-053G

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Is it working?

Sources agree

Source	What it says	Date
CelesTrak SATCAT	Decayed or deorbited	2014-11-14
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Re-entered	2014-11-14

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Spacecraft

Owner: NASA Langley Research Center

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S00726, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1963-12-19
Rocket: Scout X-4
Flight: Explorer 19
Mission name: AD-A
Launch site: PA, LC-D
Launched by: US Air Force Space Systems Division
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1963-053

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1963-053, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1963-12-19
Re-entered: 2014-11-14
Period: 88.5 min
Inclination: 78.46°
Apogee: 213 km
Perigee: 193 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0446 m²

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

Where it came from

Everything from this launch

Debris8 in total, 2 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit