Latitude
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AEROCUBE
NORAD 40046 · COSPAR 2014-033AN · ACTIVE
Orbit: #66782 @ 536 x 592 km x 97.7467 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-11-04 16:36 UTC · 21.4 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
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Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
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AEROCUBE 6B
1 40046U 14033AN 26308.69179664 .00005684 00000-0 44318-3 0 09998
2 40046 97.7467 114.5398 0040037 246.3450 113.3569 15.00951016667820
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 40046U 14033AN 26308.69179664 .00005684 00000-0 44318-3 0 09998
2 40046 97.7467 114.5398 0040037 246.3450 113.3569 15.00951016667820
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
June 19th 2014
Spacecraft age
12 years, 4 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
Aerospace Corporation
Purpose
Technology Development
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Dombarovsky Air Base
Launch vehicle
Dnepr
Contractor
Aerospace Corporation
Launch mass
5 kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
97.7467°
Period
95.94 min
Perigee
536 km
Apogee
592 km
Eccentricity
0.0040037
RAAN
114.5398°
Arg of Perigee
246.345°
Mean Motion
15.00951016 rev/d