In orbitRocket body

PEGASUS R/B(2)

NORAD: 33404
COSPAR: 2008-051D

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Spacecraft

Built by: Alliant Thiokol
Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Platform (bus): Star 27
Main engine: Star 27
Mass at launch: 361 kg
Dry mass: 24 kg
Length: 1.2 m
Diameter: 0.7 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1.2 m
Shape: Sphere + Cone

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S33404, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2008-10-19
Rocket: Pegasus XL
Flight: IBEX/Star 27
Mission name: IBEX
Launch site: KMR, RW06/24
Launched by: Orbital Sciences
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2008-051

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2008-051, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 2008-10-19
Period: 6579.1 min
Inclination: 11.00°
Apogee: 219,611 km
Perigee: 247 km

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: PEGASUS R/B(1) (NORAD 33402)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 2

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 1 still in orbit