CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0200
PEGASUS 3
PEGASUS 3 (NORAD 1467) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 August 1969 over the Indian Ocean, after 4 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1467
International designator
1965-060A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
30 Jul 1965Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Aug 1969Recorded time 07:04 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years1,466 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.9°N to 28.9°SFinal inclination 28.9°
Mass
1,400 kg
Operator
NASA MSFC
Built by
Fairchild-Hiller
Bus
Pegasus
Programme
Pegasus
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 3.4°N, 56.7°E at 07:04 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 28.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.9°N and 28.9°S.
Life in orbit
4 yearsPEGASUS 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1965-060
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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