CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0092
PAGEOS 1 DEB
PAGEOS 1 DEB (NORAD 18672) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 February 1990.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18672
International designator
1966-056CJ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Jun 1966Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Feb 1990UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 7 months8,635 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.7°N to 83.7°SFinal inclination 83.7°
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 83.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.7°N and 83.7°S.
Life in orbit
PAGEOS 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Feb 1990
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1966-056
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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