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AEROCUBE
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41852
· COSPAR
2016-067E
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Orbit:
#54359 @ 485 x 492 km x 98.0474 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch
2026-10-10 04:05 UTC
·
19.7 h old
🌍 Orbit view · current predicted position
🛰️ Ground track · next 110 min
Latitude
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Altitude
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Velocity
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Heading
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Orbit #
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Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
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Current TLE
// onowactive
AEROCUBE 8D
1 41852U 16067E 26283.17063217 .00006836 00000-0 27083-3 0 09994
2 41852 98.0474 162.0929 0004937 93.4412 266.7390 15.25773270543597
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TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
November 11th 2016
Spacecraft age
9 years, 10 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
Vandenberg AFB
Launch vehicle
Atlas 5
Contractor
Aerospace Corporation
Launch mass
2
kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elements
Inclination
98.0474°
Period
94.38
min
Perigee
485
km
Apogee
492
km
Eccentricity
0.0004937
RAAN
162.0929°
Arg of Perigee
93.4412°
Mean Motion
15.2577327
rev/d