In orbitRocket body

ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B

NORAD: 100748
COSPAR: 2026-217C

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Spacecraft

Built by: Rocket Lab Ltd.
Owner: Rocket Lab Ltd.
Platform (bus): Kick Stage
Main engine: Curie
Mass at launch: 42 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 42 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 0.4 m
Diameter: 1.2 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1.2 m
Shape: Trunc cone

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S100748, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2026-09-19
Rocket: Electron
Flight: Owl by the Dozen
Mission name: StriX-10
Launch site: MAHIA, LC1B
Launched by: Rocket Lab Ltd.
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2026-217

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2026-217, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 2026-09-19
Period: 92.5 min
Inclination: 38.17°
Apogee: 514 km
Perigee: 283 km

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: ELECTRON R/B (NORAD 100747)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 1 still in orbit