CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0054
PEGASUS R/B(2)
PEGASUS R/B(2) (NORAD 25988) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 February 2002, after 2 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25988
International designator
1999-065J
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
4 Dec 1999Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Feb 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 1 month790 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
40.9°N to 40.9°SFinal inclination 40.9°
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 40.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 40.9°N and 40.9°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 1 monthPEGASUS R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Feb 2002
1 entryFrom the same launch
1999-065
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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