CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0174
PAGEOS 1 DEB
PAGEOS 1 DEB (NORAD 8065) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 April 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8065
International designator
1966-056F
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Jun 1966Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Apr 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
11 years, 9 months4,316 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
PAGEOS 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Apr 1978
9 entriesFrom the same launch
1966-056
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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