AOBA

NORAD 43940 · COSPAR 2019-003J · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

AOBA VELOX-IV reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 3 years ago).

Orbit: #23353 @ 153 x 167 km x 97.0293 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2023-03-24 12:58 UTC Â· 31344.2 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

AOBA VELOX-IV
1 43940U 19003J 23083.54085705 .14250908 23356-5 68288-3 0 9991
2 43940 97.0293 120.9278 0010706 265.5035 94.5044 16.42052093233535

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

January 18th 2019

Spacecraft age

7 years, 9 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT)

Purpose

Technology Development

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Uchinoura Space Center

Launch vehicle

Epsilon

Contractor

Kyushu Institute of Technology

Launch mass

3 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

97.0293Â°

Period

87.7 min

Perigee

153 km

Apogee

167 km

Eccentricity

0.0010706

RAAN

120.9278Â°

Arg of Perigee

265.5035Â°

Mean Motion

16.42052093 rev/d