CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0114
PAGEOS 1 DEB
PAGEOS 1 DEB (NORAD 8078) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 February 1977.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8078
International designator
1966-056M
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Jun 1966Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Feb 1977UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 7 months3,893 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.6°N to 81.6°SFinal inclination 81.6°
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 81.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.6°N and 81.6°S.
Life in orbit
PAGEOS 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Feb 1977
1 entryFrom the same launch
1966-056
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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