CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1617
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B (NORAD 46929) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 September 2023, after 2 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46929
International designator
2020-085A
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
20 Nov 2020Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Sep 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 10 months1,035 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
Mass
50 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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 10 monthsELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2020-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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