CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0339
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B (NORAD 44496) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 February 2025, after 5 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
44496
International designator
2019-054B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
19 Aug 2019Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Feb 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 5 months2,004 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
45.0°N to 45.0°SFinal inclination 45.0°
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 45.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 45.0°N and 45.0°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 5 monthsELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Feb 2025
14 entriesFrom the same launch
2019-054
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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