Key statistics
Satellite ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B at a glance.
Uptime
743
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
53.0
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: 2023-126B
Object number (NORAD): 57694
Object ID (CCSDS): 57694
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.12 minutes
Inclination: 53.0104 deg
SMA: 6998.963 km
Apoapsis: 626.391 km
Periapsis: 615.266 km
RAAN: 338.7501 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00079471
Argument of periapsis: 270.2108 deg
Mean anomaly: 89.796 deg
Mean motion: 14.82696201 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.000062 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00078848887 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, 4:44 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B
TLE line 1: 1 57694U 23126B 25246.19726934 .00006200 00000-0 78849-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 57694 53.0104 338.7501 0007947 270.2108 89.7960 14.82696201109682
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.
Associated space launch
Payload consists of a single SAR Earth-imaging Acadia satellite, a new generation satellite designed, manufactured, and operated by Capella Space. First mission to fly with a reused engine.
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Electron | We Love the Nightlife (Capella Acadia 1)’, on board a Electron space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 23, 2023, 11:45 p.m. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B.
For more information about the launch, click the button.
Electron | We Love the Nightlife (Capella Acadia 1)
Agency: Capella Space
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 23, 2023, 11:45 p.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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