PEGASUS R/B

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Satellite Type and Status

ROCKET BODYIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite PEGASUS R/B at a glance.

Uptime

11213

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.5

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

70.0

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for PEGASUS R/B.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: PEGASUS R/B

International designator: 1995-017D

Object number (NORAD): 23548

Object ID (CCSDS): 23548

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.109 minutes

Inclination: 69.9878 deg

SMA: 7094.187 km

Apoapsis: 722.961 km

Periapsis: 709.142 km

RAAN: 241.8838 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00097396

Argument of periapsis: 358.119 deg

Mean anomaly: 174.1842 deg

Mean motion: 14.52943904 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000689 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00018226465 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 11:25 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 PEGASUS R/B

TLE line 1: 1 23548U 95017D 25347.47594933 .00000689 00000-0 18226-3 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 23548 69.9878 241.8838 0009740 358.1190 174.1842 14.52943904623674

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Real-time ground track for satellite PEGASUS R/B.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object PEGASUS R/B.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-12-02 17:00:51	0.0003753471	158.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-4 DEB	SSO	2025-07-02 00:21:14	0.0009873148	24.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2024-12-24 12:15:59	0.0003409584	746.0 (m)	DEBRIS
COSMOS 1275 DEB	LEO	2024-06-19 07:12:32	0.0001094725	561.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

PEGASUS R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Pegasus Hybrid | Orbcomm F1 - F2 & OrbView-1’, on board a Pegasus Hybrid space rocket.

The launch took place on April 3, 1995, 1:48 p.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

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Pegasus Hybrid | Orbcomm F1 - F2 & OrbView-1

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: April 3, 1995, 1:48 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Pegasus Hybrid

Launch pad: Vandenberg Space Force Base

Location: Air launch to orbit

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