CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0344
PAGEOS 1 DEB
PAGEOS 1 DEB (NORAD 9457) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 August 1977.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
9457
International designator
1966-056W
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Jun 1966Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Aug 1977UTC calendar day
Time since launch
11 years, 1 month4,075 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 82.7°
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 82.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
PAGEOS 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Aug 1977
1 entryFrom the same launch
1966-056
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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