CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0310
ELECTRON R/B
ELECTRON R/B (NORAD 44500) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 November 2020 over the South Atlantic Ocean, after 1 year, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44500
International designator
2019-054F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
19 Aug 2019Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Nov 2020Recorded time 20:57 UTC
Time in orbit
1 year, 2 months444 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
45.0°N to 45.0°SFinal inclination 45.0°
Mass
250 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 29.0°S, 4.0°E at 20:57 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 45.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 45.0°N and 45.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 2 monthsELECTRON R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2019-054
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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