ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

ROCKET BODYIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B at a glance.

Uptime

2200

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.3

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

87.9

Latest

Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B

International designator: 2019-069C

Object number (NORAD): 44636

Object ID (CCSDS): 44636

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.808 minutes

Inclination: 87.8941 deg

SMA: 7175.048 km

Apoapsis: 1115.009 km

Periapsis: 478.817 km

RAAN: 239.401 deg

Eccentricy: 0.04433365

Argument of periapsis: 124.3447 deg

Mean anomaly: 240.053 deg

Mean motion: 14.28451753 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.000039 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00052538187 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 25, 2025, 3:11 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 24, 2025, 9:15 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B

TLE line 1: 1 44636U 19069C 25297.88544721 .00003900 00000-0 52538-3 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 44636 87.8941 239.4010 0443337 124.3447 240.0530 14.28451753311559

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
COSMOS 1176 LEO 2025-04-24 01:37:14 0.0001389699 607.0 (m) PAYLOAD
SL-8 R/B LEO 2024-11-17 14:22:34 0.001609794 496.0 (m) ROCKET BODY

Associated space launch

Encapsulated in Electron's fairing will be a single spacecraft for Astro Digital, a California-based satellite manufacturer and operator. The Landmapper-BC remote sensing satellite features a broad coverage multispectral imaging system with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. Eventually, Astro Digital plans to extend the Landmapper-BC constellation to capture daily, multispectral imagery of the world’s arable land. The mission is named 'As The Crow Flies' in a nod to Astro Digital's Corvus Platform, which provides flexible and cost-effective solutions across a wide range of applications and mission profiles on bus variants ranging from 6U and 16U CubeSats to ESPA Class. Corvus is also a widely-distributed genus of birds which includes crows.

ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Electron | As The Crow Flies (Palisade)’, on board a Electron space rocket.

The launch took place on Oct. 17, 2019, 1:22 a.m. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A.

For more information about the launch, click the button.

Launch to space Electron | As The Crow Flies (Palisade)
Electron | As The Crow Flies (Palisade)

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Oct. 17, 2019, 1:22 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Electron

Launch pad: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A

Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

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