CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-2048
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B (NORAD 49054) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 October 2022, after 1 year, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
49054
International designator
2021-068C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
29 Jul 2021Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Oct 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 2 months441 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
37.0°N to 37.0°SFinal inclination 37.0°
Mass
40 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 37.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 37.0°N and 37.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 2 monthsELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Oct 2022
13 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-068
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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