CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Orbital Register seal
Entry no.
2022-0590

ELECTRON DEB

ELECTRON DEB (NORAD 49951) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 March 2022.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
49951
International designator
2021-120C
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
9 Dec 2021Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Mar 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 months102 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
42.0°N to 42.0°SFinal inclination 42.0°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 42.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 42.0°N and 42.0°S.

Life in orbit

ELECTRON DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 21 Mar 2022

7 entries
2022-0588SL-3 R/B2022-0595SL-4 R/B2022-0589COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0591COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0592COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0593COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-0594COSMOS 1408 DEB

From the same launch

2021-120
2021-0465ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B2021-0479ELECTRON R/B
Orbital Register seal
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2022-0590
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.