AEROCUBE

NORAD 43556 · COSPAR 2018-046C · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

AEROCUBE 12A reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 3 years ago).

Orbit: #27221 @ 183 x 201 km x 51.6078 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2023-05-23 15:26 UTC Â· 30108.7 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 12A
1 43556U 18046C 23143.64315685 .05242445 12165-4 10735-2 0 9996
2 43556 51.6078 287.9724 0013765 296.7316 63.2297 16.30091401272215

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

July 16th 2018

Spacecraft age

8 years, 3 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Aerospace Corporation

Purpose

Technology Development

Orbit class

LEO Â· Non-Polar Inclined

Launch site

Cygnus

Launch vehicle

Nanorack Deployer

Contractor

Aerospace Corporation

Launch mass

4 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

51.6078Â°

Period

88.34 min

Perigee

183 km

Apogee

201 km

Eccentricity

0.0013765

RAAN

287.9724Â°

Arg of Perigee

296.7316Â°

Mean Motion

16.30091401 rev/d