CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0324
PEGASUS R/B(2)
PEGASUS R/B(2) (NORAD 25738) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 October 2001, after 2 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25738
International designator
1999-026D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
18 May 1999Air launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Oct 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 5 months897 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.0°N to 83.0°SFinal inclination 97.0°
Mass
170 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 97.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.0°N and 83.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 5 monthsPEGASUS R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Oct 2001
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1999-026
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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