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Entry no.
2000-0238
PEGASUS R/B
PEGASUS R/B (NORAD 23941) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 September 2000, after 4 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23941
International designator
1996-037B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
2 Jul 1996Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Sep 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 2 months1,526 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
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 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 2 monthsPEGASUS R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Sep 2000
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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