Key statistics
Satellite PEGASUS R/B at a glance.
Uptime
8617
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
38.0
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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: 2002-004B
Object number (NORAD): 27371
Object ID (CCSDS): 27371
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 93.461 minutes
Inclination: 38.0193 deg
SMA: 6822.041 km
Apoapsis: 445.822 km
Periapsis: 441.99 km
RAAN: 135.4098 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00028087
Argument of periapsis: 39.9958 deg
Mean anomaly: 320.1022 deg
Mean motion: 15.40746789 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00020614 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00049345527 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 8:56 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PEGASUS R/B
TLE line 1: 1 27371U 02004B 25251.37265273 .00020614 00000-0 49346-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 27371 38.0193 135.4098 0002809 39.9958 320.1022 15.40746789297838
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite PEGASUS R/B.
Associated space launch
PEGASUS R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Pegasus XL | Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI)’, on board a Pegasus XL space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 5, 2002, 8:58 p.m. from Cape Canaveral.
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Pegasus XL | Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 5, 2002, 8:58 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Pegasus XL
Launch pad: Cape Canaveral
Location: Air launch to orbit
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