CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1595
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B (NORAD 44227) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 September 2023, after 4 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44227
International designator
2019-026C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
5 May 2019Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Sep 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 4 months1,594 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
40.0°N to 40.0°SFinal inclination 40.0°
Mass
45 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 40.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 40.0°N and 40.0°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 4 monthsELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Sep 2023
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-026
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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