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Entry no.
2024-0733

ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B

ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B (NORAD 51848) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 May 2024, after 2 years, 2 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
51848
International designator
2022-020B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
28 Feb 2022Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
21 May 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 2 months813 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.0°N to 83.0°SFinal inclination 97.0°
Mass
40 kg

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.0°N and 83.0°S.

Life in orbit

2 years, 2 months

ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 21 May 2024

8 entries
2024-0732XJS H2024-0734LEMUR 2 VANDENDRIES2024-0728COSMOS 2251 DEB2024-0729FENGYUN 1C DEB2024-0730FENGYUN 1C DEB2024-0731NOAA 16 DEB2024-0736DRAGON ENDURANCE 3 DEB2024-0735OBJECT D

From the same launch

2022-020
2022-0541ELECTRON R/BPendingSTRIX-BETA
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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