RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
PAN SAT
PAN SAT (NORAD 25520) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 September 2026, after 27 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25520
International designator
1998-064B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
29 Oct 1998Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Sep 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
27 years, 10 months10,172 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.4°N to 28.4°SFinal inclination 28.4°
Mass
57 kg
Operator
USN PGS
Built by
USN PGS
Bus
PANSAT
Programme
STP1
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 28.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.4°N and 28.4°S.
Life in orbit
27 years, 10 monthsPAN SAT’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Sep 2026
1 entryFrom the same launch
1998-064
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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