PROPCUBE

NORAD 43052 · COSPAR 2017-071R · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

PROPCUBE 2 (FAUNA) reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 4 years ago).

Orbit: #26258 @ 163 x 170 km x 51.6076 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2022-07-30 08:41 UTC Â· 36792.7 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Velocity —

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Current TLE

// celestrak

PROPCUBE 2 (FAUNA)
1 43052U 17071R 22211.36221039 .08138261 12364-4 61356-3 0 9997
2 43052 51.6076 169.3150 0005618 254.5964 105.4442 16.39645246262580

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

December 7th 2017

Spacecraft age

8 years, 10 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Naval Post-Graduate School

Purpose

Space Science

Orbit class

LEO Â· Non-Polar Inclined

Launch site

Cygnus

Launch vehicle

Nanorack Deployer

Contractor

Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems

Launch mass

1 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

51.6076Â°

Period

87.82 min

Perigee

163 km

Apogee

170 km

Eccentricity

0.0005618

RAAN

169.315Â°

Arg of Perigee

254.5964Â°

Mean Motion

16.39645246 rev/d