Key statistics
Satellite ELECTRON R/B at a glance.
Uptime
10
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 16.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.5
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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: 2025-297A
Object number (NORAD): 67072
Object ID (CCSDS): 67072
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
Orbital parameters
Decay date: Dec. 24, 2025
Period: 88.03 minutes
Inclination: 97.4545 deg
SMA: 6555.115 km
Apoapsis: 210.319 km
Periapsis: 143.64 km
RAAN: 146.8421 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00508603
Argument of periapsis: 206.0696 deg
Mean anomaly: 153.804 deg
Mean motion: 16.35808035 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.10667753 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0004607887 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 24, 2025, 10:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 24, 2025, 6:44 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ELECTRON R/B
TLE line 1: 1 67072U 25297A 25358.28094350 .10667753 20469-5 46079-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 67072 97.4545 146.8421 0050860 206.0696 153.8040 16.35808035 1621
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
RAISE-4 (RApid Innovative payload demonstration Satellite-4) is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) satellite for on-orbit demonstrations of 15 demonstration components and equipment selected by public solicitation. The satellite will be operated in response to requests from the demonstration theme proposers, and will provide experimental data of the demonstration devices and environmental data during the experiments. 6 of the demonstration payload, as well as as well as 4 cubesats originally planned to ride on the same launch vehicle, are re-flight of those planned for RAISE-3, which failed to reach orbit in October 2022. The launch vehicle was switched from Epsilon-S to Rocket Lab's Electron due to continuous testing problems with the Epsilon-S' 2nd stage motor. The original 8 hitch-hiking cubesats will be launched on another Electron rocket later.
ELECTRON R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Electron | Raise and Shine (RAISE-4)’, on board a Electron space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 14, 2025, 3:09 a.m. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B.
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Electron | Raise and Shine (RAISE-4)
Agency: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:09 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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