CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0044
ELECTRON R/B
ELECTRON R/B (NORAD 43166) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 March 2019 over the Indian Ocean, after 1 year, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43166
International designator
2018-010D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
21 Jan 2018Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Mar 2019Recorded time 11:59 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 1 month406 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 82.9°
Mass
270 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 25.0°S, 102.0°E at 11:59 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 82.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 1 monthELECTRON R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2018-010
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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