ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B

NORAD 69178· COSPAR 2026-112B· Debris· Other / Unclassified· LEO

Launch

Launched on May 22, 2026 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, New Zealand aboard a Electron.

Electron | Viva La StriX (StriX Launch 9) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-06-20 10:02 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

May 22, 2026

Mass

—

Apogee

586 km

Perigee

552 km

Inclination

44.91°

Period

1.60 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B across 24 days of archived orbital elements (26 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.6 km

Rate

-0.03 km/day

Now

552 × 586 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2026-112 (Electron | Viva La StriX (StriX Launch 9)).

STRIX-7 · 69177

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