Key statistics
Satellite PEGASUS R/B at a glance.
Uptime
8555
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: 93.59 minutes
Inclination: 38.0185 deg
SMA: 6828.299 km
Apoapsis: 455.595 km
Periapsis: 444.734 km
RAAN: 158.2335 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0007953
Argument of periapsis: 276.7317 deg
Mean anomaly: 83.255 deg
Mean motion: 15.38629066 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00011152 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00028815 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 9, 2025, 2:22 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 3:05 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PEGASUS R/B
TLE line 1: 1 27371U 02004B 25189.62878314 .00011152 00000-0 28815-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 27371 38.0185 158.2335 0007953 276.7317 83.2550 15.38629066288312
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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