CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1695
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B (NORAD 43851) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 October 2023 over the Indian Ocean, after 4 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43851
International designator
2018-104C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
16 Dec 2018Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Oct 2023Recorded time 11:59 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years, 9 months1,758 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
85.0°N to 85.0°SFinal inclination 85.0°
Mass
50 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 29.0°S, 68.0°E at 11:59 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 85.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 85.0°N and 85.0°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 9 monthsELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2018-104
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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