CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0070
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B (NORAD 46824) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 January 2024, after 3 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
46824
International designator
2020-077M
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
28 Oct 2020Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Jan 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 2 months1,173 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.4°N to 83.4°SFinal inclination 96.6°
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 96.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.4°N and 83.4°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 2 monthsELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Jan 2024
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2020-077
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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