PEGASUS R/B

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

ROCKET BODYIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite PEGASUS R/B at a glance.

Uptime

10871

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.3

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

90.0

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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: 1996-014B

Object number (NORAD): 23815

Object ID (CCSDS): 23815

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 101.007 minutes

Inclination: 89.9965 deg

SMA: 7184.462 km

Apoapsis: 822.837 km

Periapsis: 789.816 km

RAAN: 338.8808 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00229814

Argument of periapsis: 33.9229 deg

Mean anomaly: 326.3428 deg

Mean motion: 14.25645111 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000324 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00013176805 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:13 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 PEGASUS R/B

TLE line 1: 1 23815U 96014B 25346.25935151 .00000324 00000-0 13177-3 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 23815 89.9965 338.8808 0022981 33.9229 326.3428 14.25645111547021

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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	2025-09-30 05:07:00	0.0002683394	37.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2025-06-08 02:42:05	0.0001374611	526.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-04-03 16:41:26	0.0001708179	161.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2025-04-03 09:02:05	0.0001719306	658.0 (m)	DEBRIS
THOR BURNER 2 R/B	SSO	2025-03-17 11:55:44	0.000168029	87.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY

Associated space launch

PEGASUS R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Pegasus XL | REX II’, on board a Pegasus XL space rocket.

The launch took place on March 9, 1996, 1:33 a.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

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Pegasus XL | REX II

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: March 9, 1996, 1:33 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Pegasus XL

Launch pad: Vandenberg Space Force Base

Location: Air launch to orbit

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