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Entry no.
1997-0045
PEGASUS DEB
PEGASUS DEB (NORAD 23992) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 February 1997.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
23992
International designator
1994-029AN
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
19 May 1994Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Feb 1997UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 15 Feb 1998
Time since launch
2 years, 8 months1,004 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.1°N to 82.1°SFinal inclination 82.1°
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 82.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.1°N and 82.1°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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