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Entry no.
1996-0224
PEGASUS DEB
PEGASUS DEB (NORAD 24252) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 December 1996.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
24252
International designator
1994-029MB
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
19 May 1994Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Dec 1996UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 6 months943 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.8°N to 81.8°SFinal inclination 81.8°
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 81.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.8°N and 81.8°S.
Life in orbit
PEGASUS DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Dec 1996
1 entryPart of a fragment group
697 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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