In orbitRocket body

ELECTRON KICK STAGE R/B

NORAD: 53104
COSPAR: 2022-079C

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Spacecraft

Built by: Rocket Lab Ltd.
Owner: Rocket Lab Ltd.
Platform (bus): Kick Stage
Main engine: Curie
Mass at launch: 40 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 40 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 S53104, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2022-07-13
Rocket: Electron
Flight: Wise One Looks Ahead
Mission name: NROL-162
Launch site: MAHIA, LC1A
Launched by: Rocket Lab Ltd.
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2022-079

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2022-079, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 2022-07-13
Period: 95.9 min
Inclination: 40.01°
Apogee: 565 km
Perigee: 557 km

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

Where it came from

Parent object: ELECTRON R/B (NORAD 53103)
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