Key statistics
Satellite ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B at a glance.
Uptime
500
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.3
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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: 2024-077D
Object number (NORAD): 59590
Object ID (CCSDS): 59590
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.97 minutes
Inclination: 97.3385 deg
SMA: 7087.532 km
Apoapsis: 963.408 km
Periapsis: 455.386 km
RAAN: 272.9932 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0358392
Argument of periapsis: 79.0168 deg
Mean anomaly: 285.1123 deg
Mean motion: 14.54990685 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00012308 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0011912702 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, 4:27 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B
TLE line 1: 1 59590U 24077D 25246.18564005 .00012308 00000-0 11913-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 59590 97.3385 272.9932 0358392 79.0168 285.1123 14.54990685 72114
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
NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) is a technology demonstration mission tasked with deploying a composite boom solar sail. NeonSat-1 is a high-resolution optical satellite by South Korea's KAIST that will be deployed as a technology demonstration for a planned future Earth observation constellation.
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Electron | Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1)’, on board a Electron space rocket.
The launch took place on April 23, 2024, 10:32 p.m. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B.
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Electron | Beginning Of The Swarm (ACS3 & NeonSat-1)
Agency: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 23, 2024, 10:32 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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