CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0136
PEGASUS R/B
PEGASUS R/B (NORAD 25235) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 May 2000, after 2 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25235
International designator
1998-012C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
26 Feb 1998Air launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
25 May 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 2 months819 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
Mass
202 kg
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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 2 monthsPEGASUS R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 May 2000
1 entryFrom the same launch
1998-012
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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