Latitude
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ZACUBE-2
NORAD 43907 · COSPAR 2018-111AH · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP
ZACUBE-2 reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 2 years ago).
Orbit: #29766 @ 159 x 171 km x 97.0549 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2024-04-23 17:49 UTC · 21705.4 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
// celestrak
ZACUBE-2
1 43907U 18111AH 24114.74280440 .09881773 24063-5 77008-3 0 9994
2 43907 97.0549 358.8468 0008920 222.0656 137.9961 16.40240743297660
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 43907U 18111AH 24114.74280440 .09881773 24063-5 77008-3 0 9994
2 43907 97.0549 358.8468 0008920 222.0656 137.9961 16.40240743297660
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
November 27th 2018
Spacecraft age
7 years, 10 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
French South African Institute of Technology/Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Purpose
Earth Observation
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Vostochny Cosmodrome
Launch vehicle
Soyuz-2.1a
Contractor
French South African Institute of Technology/Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Launch mass
4 kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
97.0549°
Period
87.79 min
Perigee
159 km
Apogee
171 km
Eccentricity
0.000892
RAAN
358.8468°
Arg of Perigee
222.0656°
Mean Motion
16.40240743 rev/d