CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0222
PEGASUS R/B(1)
PEGASUS R/B(1) (NORAD 25987) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 April 2002, after 2 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25987
International designator
1999-065H
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
4 Dec 1999Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Apr 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 4 months867 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
45.0°N to 45.0°SFinal inclination 45.0°
Mass
893 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 45.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 45.0°N and 45.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 4 monthsPEGASUS R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Apr 2002
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1999-065
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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