CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1609
ELECTRON R/B
ELECTRON R/B (NORAD 56445) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 October 2025, after 2 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
56445
International designator
2023-062D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
8 May 2023Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Oct 2025UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 5 months887 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
35.5°N to 35.5°SFinal inclination 35.5°
Mass
250 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 35.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 35.5°N and 35.5°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 5 monthsELECTRON R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Oct 2025
6 entriesFrom the same launch
2023-062
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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