CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0752
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B (NORAD 60353) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 April 2025, after 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
60353
International designator
2024-137B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
2 Aug 2024Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Apr 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 months249 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
43.0°N to 43.0°SFinal inclination 43.0°
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 43.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 43.0°N and 43.0°S.
Life in orbit
8 monthsELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Apr 2025
15 entriesFrom the same launch
2024-137
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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