CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0303
PEGASUS DEB
PEGASUS DEB (NORAD 24571) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 October 1997.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
24571
International designator
1994-029XX
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
19 May 1994Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Oct 1997UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 4 months1,248 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.7°N to 81.7°SFinal inclination 81.7°
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 81.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.7°N and 81.7°S.
Life in orbit
PEGASUS DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Oct 1997
2 entriesPart of a fragment group
697 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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