CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-1040
PAGEOS 1 DEB
PAGEOS 1 DEB (NORAD 18641) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 December 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18641
International designator
1966-056CH
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Jun 1966Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Dec 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 5 months8,580 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.9°N to 83.9°SFinal inclination 83.9°
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 83.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.9°N and 83.9°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 Dec 1989
1 entryFrom the same launch
1966-056
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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