CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-2042
PEGASUS R/B
PEGASUS R/B (NORAD 32766) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 October 2022 over South America, after 14 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
32766
International designator
2008-017B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
16 Apr 2008Air launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Oct 2022Recorded time 05:34 UTC
Time in orbit
14 years, 5 months5,293 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
13.0°N to 13.0°SFinal inclination 13.0°
Mass
202 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 13.0°S, 41.0°W at 05:34 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 13.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 13.0°N and 13.0°S.
Life in orbit
14 years, 5 monthsPEGASUS R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Oct 2022
13 entriesFrom the same launch
2008-017Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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