CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1058
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B (NORAD 56752) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 May 2025, after 1 year, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
56752
International designator
2023-073A
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
26 May 2023Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
20 May 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 11 months725 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
32.7°N to 32.7°SFinal inclination 32.7°
Mass
40 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 32.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 32.7°N and 32.7°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 11 monthsELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 May 2025
7 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-073
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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