Key statistics
Satellite ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B at a glance.
Uptime
29
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
59.0
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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: 2025-118A
Object number (NORAD): 64230
Object ID (CCSDS): 64230
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 94.027 minutes
Inclination: 58.992 deg
SMA: 6849.535 km
Apoapsis: 479.647 km
Periapsis: 463.152 km
RAAN: 107.2672 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0012041
Argument of periapsis: 0.441 deg
Mean anomaly: 359.6671 deg
Mean motion: 15.31479317 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00013324 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00044297 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 1, 2025, 2:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: June 30, 2025, 9:45 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B
TLE line 1: 1 64230U 25118A 25181.90645109 .00013324 00000-0 44297-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 64230 58.9920 107.2672 0012041 0.4410 359.6671 15.31479317 4273
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
2nd of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.
ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Electron | Full Stream Ahead (BlackSky Gen-3 2)’, on board a Electron space rocket.
The launch took place on June 2, 2025, 11:57 p.m. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B.
For more information about the launch, click the button.
Electron | Full Stream Ahead (BlackSky Gen-3 2)
Agency: BlackSky
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 2, 2025, 11:57 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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Latest news about this satellite
Rocket Lab launches BlackSky satellite
A Rocket Lab Electron successfully placed a BlackSky high-resolution imaging satellite into orbit on a June 2 launch. The post Rocket Lab launches BlackSky satellite appeared first on SpaceNews.
Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 to launch crewed mission, Rocket Lab to launch 65th Electron
SpaceX continues to dominate the launch manifest with five missions this week, including a crewed… The post Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 to launch crewed mission, Rocket Lab to launch 65th Electron appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
Rocket Lab to launch BlackSky’s next Gen-3 satellite on Electron rocket from New Zealand
The mission will be Rocket Lab’s seventh Electron rocket launch of the year and its second in 2025 in support of BlackSky. Teams are targeting liftoff from Mahia, New Zealand at 11:57 a.m. NZT on June 3 (7:57 p.m. EDT, 2357 UTC on June 2).
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