PEGASUS R/B

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Satellite Type and Status

ROCKET BODYIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite PEGASUS R/B at a glance.

Uptime

8059

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: 96.864 minutes

Inclination: 73.9276 deg

SMA: 6986.625 km

Apoapsis: 612.315 km

Periapsis: 604.666 km

RAAN: 310.3866 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00054745

Argument of periapsis: 127.863 deg

Mean anomaly: 232.3045 deg

Mean motion: 14.86625461 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00002738 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00031260422 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 3:36 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 PEGASUS R/B

TLE line 1: 1 27859U 03036B 25246.15042598 .00002738 00000-0 31260-3 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 27859 73.9276 310.3866 0005475 127.8630 232.3045 14.86625461191117

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.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
SL-16 DEB	LEO	2025-05-10 14:55:33	0.0001043967	793.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB	LEO	2024-12-23 08:18:12	0.001081901	562.0 (m)	DEBRIS
CZ-2C DEB	SSO	2024-10-26 19:10:47	0.0001366377	309.0 (m)	DEBRIS

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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