DECAYED

ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B, 44496 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B, 44496 was space debris in LEO originally from a launch on Mon, 19 Aug 2019 UTC launched from the Rocket Lab Launch Complex (RLLC). Debris objects in space refer to the collection of defunct objects orbiting the Earth. Examples of debris include non-operational satellites, rocket bodies, and fragments generated from explosions, collisions, or faulty payload assembly.

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Identifier

44496, 2019-054B

Orbit

Decayed

Last TLE update

3 months ago

Origin

Rocket Lab USA Inc (US)

Manufacturer

Rocket Lab

Mission

Decayed spacecraft

Bus & Motor

KICK STAGE, CURIE

Mass

50 kg wet, 50 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2019-08-19 (6 years ago)

Launch vehicle

Unknown

Launch site

Rocket Lab Launch Complex (RLLC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Trunc Cone, 1.4 m

Radar Cross Section

0.760 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 3 months ago

0 ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B
1 44496U 19054B   25043.51783917  .17988936  10669-4  87007-3 0  9993
2 44496  44.9741 125.2899 0004346 336.0185 153.8598 16.42987145304392

Epoch: 2025-02-12T12:25Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-02-12T12:25:41.304Z)

Latitude

32.96162°

Longitude

-64.12776°

Altitude

161.671 km

Speed

7.813 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 40m 24s

True Declination

32° 47' 26"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization observer readout

No trajectory is available.

Visualization observer readout

No trajectory is available.

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

162.403 km

Perigee altitude

156.721 km

Semi-major axis

6,537.699 km

Eccentricity

0.0004346

Inclination

44.9741°

RAAN

125.2899°

Arg. of periapsis

336.0185°

True anomaly

153.88173°

Mean anomaly

153.8598°

Eccentric anomaly

153.87077°

Mean motion

4.10588 °/min

BSTAR

0.00087007

Orbital period

87.68 mins

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Other satellites on launch #54 in the year 2019 (2019-08-19 UTC)

BRO-1, 44495

PEARL WHITE 1, 44497 (Decayed)

PEARL WHITE 2, 44498 (Decayed)

GLOBAL-4, 44499

ELECTRON R/B, 44500 (Decayed)

ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

This satellite is decayed

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