CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0016
ELECTRON R/B
ELECTRON R/B (NORAD 43863) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 January 2019, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43863
International designator
2018-104Q
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
16 Dec 2018Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Jan 2019UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month45 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
85.0°N to 85.0°SFinal inclination 85.0°
Mass
250 kg
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 85.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 85.0°N and 85.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthELECTRON R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2018-104
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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