Key statistics
Satellite PEGASUS R/B at a glance.
Uptime
7999
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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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: 2003-036B
Object number (NORAD): 27859
Object ID (CCSDS): 27859
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.875 minutes
Inclination: 73.9257 deg
SMA: 6987.164 km
Apoapsis: 614.78 km
Periapsis: 603.279 km
RAAN: 68.6276 deg
Eccentricy: 0.000823
Argument of periapsis: 254.4947 deg
Mean anomaly: 105.5324 deg
Mean motion: 14.86453527 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000095 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00011183 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 3:06 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PEGASUS R/B
TLE line 1: 1 27859U 03036B 25187.12926919 .00000950 00000-0 11183-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 27859 73.9257 68.6276 0008230 254.4947 105.5324 14.86453527182342
Live tracking on map
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.
Associated space launch
PEGASUS R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Pegasus XL | SCISAT-1’, on board a Pegasus XL space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 13, 2003, 2:09 a.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
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Pegasus XL | SCISAT-1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 13, 2003, 2:09 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Pegasus XL
Launch pad: Vandenberg Space Force Base
Location: Air launch to orbit
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