Satellites

Payload

PEGASUS 2

DecayedPayloadLEO

PEGASUS 2 is a United States payload satellite, launched on May 25, 1965 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
May 25, 1965 at 07:35 AM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
Saturn I
Operator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission
Pegasus 2

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
187 km
Periapsis
183 km
Inclination
31.75°
Orbital period
88.2 min

Spacecraft

Operator
United States
Launch mass
10,300 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1965-039A
NORAD catalog №
1381
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
November 3, 1979

End of mission

Last active / ended
November 3, 1979
Time in service
14.4 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed