CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0224
PAGEOS 1 DEB
PAGEOS 1 DEB (NORAD 8081) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 May 1977.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8081
International designator
1966-056Q
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Jun 1966Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
22 May 1977UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 10 months3,985 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.0°N to 83.0°SFinal inclination 83.0°
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 83.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.0°N and 83.0°S.
Life in orbit
PAGEOS 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 May 1977
1 entryFrom the same launch
1966-056
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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