ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B, 62928

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B, 62928 is space debris in SSO originally from a launch on Sat, 08 Feb 2025 UTC via an ELECTRON launch vehicle 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

62928, 2025-028A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

Rocket Lab USA Inc (US)

Manufacturer

Rocket Lab

Mission

Spacecraft

Bus & Motor

KICK STAGE, CURIE

Mass

~50 kg wet, ~50 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-02-08 (5 months ago)

Launch vehicle

ELECTRON

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 7 hours ago

0 ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B
1 62928U 25028A   25183.87480971  .00001560  00000-0  17813-3 0  9992
2 62928  97.9388 239.6850 0039983 277.3358  82.3315 14.87009219 21391

Epoch: 2025-07-02T20:59Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-02T20:59:43.558Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

3.60386°

Altitude

606.698 km

Speed

7.558 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 58m 44s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

71.09901°

Longitude

-20.00965°

Altitude

645.112 km

Speed

7.528 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 27m 15s

Apparent Declination

42° 22' 07"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:32:10

Azimuth

349.798° N

Elevation

-6.774°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

632.238 km

Perigee altitude

576.402 km

Semi-major axis

6,982.457 km

Eccentricity

0.004

Inclination

97.9388°

RAAN

239.685°

Arg. of periapsis

277.3358°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

82.3315°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.7199 °/min

Orbital period

96.78 mins

BSTAR

0.00017813

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ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
7 mins	2025-07-03 16:56:55.667Z	359.064° N	2025-07-03 16:59:55.667Z	291.367° WNW	39.357°	2025-07-03 17:03:55.667Z	209.93° SW

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