AEROCUBE

NORAD 40660 · COSPAR 2015-025K · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

AEROCUBE 8B reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 5 years ago).

Orbit: #11779 @ 154 x 161 km x 54.977 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2021-10-02 07:54 UTC Â· 44187.1 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Altitude —

Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

AEROCUBE 8B
1 40660U 15025K 21275.32949929 .08902710 12203-4 40481-3 0 9992
2 40660 54.9770 217.1272 0004880 292.7687 67.2870 16.43127108117791

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

May 20th 2015

Spacecraft age

11 years, 4 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Aerospace Corporation

Purpose

Technology Development

Orbit class

LEO Â· Non-Polar Inclined

Launch site

Cape Canaveral

Launch vehicle

Atlas 5

Contractor

Aerospace Corporation

Launch mass

5 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

54.977Â°

Period

87.64 min

Perigee

154 km

Apogee

161 km

Eccentricity

0.000488

RAAN

217.1272Â°

Arg of Perigee

292.7687Â°

Mean Motion

16.43127108 rev/d