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Entry no.
1996-0108
PEGASUS DEB
PEGASUS DEB (NORAD 23959) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 September 1996.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
23959
International designator
1994-029G
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
19 May 1994Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Sep 1996UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 3 months847 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.9°N to 81.9°SFinal inclination 81.9°
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 81.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.9°N and 81.9°S.
Life in orbit
PEGASUS DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Part of a fragment group
697 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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