Key statistics
Satellite ELECTRON R/B at a glance.
Uptime
10
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 16.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
59.0
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: 2025-118C
Object number (NORAD): 64232
Object ID (CCSDS): 64232
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Decay date: June 12, 2025
Period: 88.109 minutes
Inclination: 58.9851 deg
SMA: 6559.051 km
Apoapsis: 225.801 km
Periapsis: 136.031 km
RAAN: 180.7417 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0068432
Argument of periapsis: 278.6129 deg
Mean anomaly: 185.4289 deg
Mean motion: 16.34335593 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.1150592 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00034541 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: June 11, 2025, 10:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: June 11, 2025, 2:39 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ELECTRON R/B
TLE line 1: 1 64232U 25118C 25162.61083509 .11505920 10807-4 34541-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 64232 58.9851 180.7417 0068432 278.6129 185.4289 16.34335593 1360
Live tracking on map
Satellite ELECTRON R/B has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.
In-orbit conjunctions
Satellite ELECTRON R/B has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No conjunctions available.
Associated space launch
2nd of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.
ELECTRON 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.
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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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