CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1839
PEGASUS R/B
PEGASUS R/B (NORAD 25281) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 December 2025 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 27 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25281
International designator
1998-020B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
2 Apr 1998Air launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Dec 2025Recorded time 10:02 UTC
Time in orbit
27 years, 8 months10,112 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
202 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 10.0°N, 16.0°W at 10:02 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
27 years, 8 monthsPEGASUS R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Dec 2025
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1998-020
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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