CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0046
PEGASUS R/B
PEGASUS R/B (NORAD 28643) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 January 2012, after 6 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28643
International designator
2005-014B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
15 Apr 2005Air launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Jan 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 9 months2,482 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 97.7°
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 97.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 9 monthsPEGASUS R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2005-014
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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