CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1147
ELECTRON DEB
ELECTRON DEB (NORAD 55981) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 May 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
55981
International designator
2023-041A
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Mar 2023Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
31 May 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 months68 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 allowedExact 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 31 May 2023
24 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-041
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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