Key statistics
Satellite ELECTRON R/B at a glance.
Uptime
851
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
35.5
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for ELECTRON R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: ELECTRON R/B
International designator: 2023-062D
Object number (NORAD): 56445
Object ID (CCSDS): 56445
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 91.679 minutes
Inclination: 35.4672 deg
SMA: 6735.054 km
Apoapsis: 363.537 km
Periapsis: 350.301 km
RAAN: 231.5086 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00098267
Argument of periapsis: 207.3945 deg
Mean anomaly: 152.6275 deg
Mean motion: 15.70692351 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00301927 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0022637729 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 5:05 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ELECTRON R/B
TLE line 1: 1 56445U 23062D 25246.21228477 .00301927 00000-0 22638-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 56445 35.4672 231.5086 0009827 207.3945 152.6275 15.70692351129609
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ELECTRON R/B.
Associated space launch
Third and fourth operational (TROPICS-04 & TROPICS-05) satellites for NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) mission. The CubeSats are designed to provide rapid-refresh microwave measurements that can be used to determine temperature, pressure, and humidity inside hurricanes as they form and evolve.
ELECTRON R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Electron | Rocket Like A Hurricane (TROPICS-2)’, on board a Electron space rocket.
The launch took place on May 8, 2023, 1 a.m. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B.
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Electron | Rocket Like A Hurricane (TROPICS-2)
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 8, 2023, 1 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Electron
Launch pad: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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