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AEROCUBE
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43042
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2017-071F
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REENTRY
â ï¸ RIP
AEROCUBE 7B (OCSD B) reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 4 years ago).
Orbit:
#26355 @ 154 x 163 km x 51.6203 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch
2022-08-05 16:24 UTC
·
36997.9 h old
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🛰️ Ground track · next 110 min
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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
// celestrak
AEROCUBE 7B (OCSD B)
1 43042U 17071F 22217.68371518 .10937713 12430-4 51064-3 0 9996
2 43042 51.6203 141.7237 0006679 244.6945 115.3391 16.42832996263553
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TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
November 12th 2017
Spacecraft age
8 years, 11 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
Aerospace Corporation
Purpose
Technology Development
Orbit class
LEO · Non-Polar Inclined
Launch site
Wallops Island Flight Facility
Launch vehicle
Antares 230
Contractor
Aerospace Corporation
Launch mass
2
kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elements
Inclination
51.6203°
Period
87.65
min
Perigee
154
km
Apogee
163
km
Eccentricity
0.0006679
RAAN
141.7237°
Arg of Perigee
244.6945°
Mean Motion
16.42832996
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