Latitude
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ARKYD
NORAD 43130 · COSPAR 2018-004V · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP
ARKYD 6A reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 2 years ago).
Orbit: #34185 @ 162 x 176 km x 97.2783 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2024-02-25 12:17 UTC · 23342.9 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
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Velocity —
Next visible passes
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// celestrak
ARKYD 6A
1 43130U 18004V 24056.51206482 .08342929 24643-5 76486-3 0 9994
2 43130 97.2783 149.1803 0010598 269.1581 90.8504 16.38778103341851
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 43130U 18004V 24056.51206482 .08342929 24643-5 76486-3 0 9994
2 43130 97.2783 149.1803 0010598 269.1581 90.8504 16.38778103341851
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
January 11th 2018
Spacecraft age
8 years, 9 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
Planetary Resources
Purpose
Technology Development
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Launch vehicle
PSLV
Contractor
Planetary Resources
Launch mass
10 kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
97.2783°
Period
87.87 min
Perigee
162 km
Apogee
176 km
Eccentricity
0.0010598
RAAN
149.1803°
Arg of Perigee
269.1581°
Mean Motion
16.38778103 rev/d