CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1580
ELECTRON R/B
ELECTRON R/B (NORAD 57695) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 September 2023 over the Indian Ocean, after 19 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
57695
International designator
2023-126C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
23 Aug 2023Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Sep 2023Recorded time 03:26 UTC
Time in orbit
19 days19 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.0°N to 53.0°SFinal inclination 53.0°
Mass
250 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 36.0°S, 126.0°E at 03:26 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 53.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.0°N and 53.0°S.
Life in orbit
19 daysELECTRON R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Sep 2023
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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