POLARCUBE

NORAD 47310 · COSPAR 2021-002B · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

POLARCUBE reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 3 years ago).

Orbit: #13311 @ 157 x 171 km x 60.6394 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2023-06-06 01:40 UTC Â· 29553.8 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

POLARCUBE
1 47310U 21002B 23157.06991238 .13780304 99805-5 92011-3 0 9994
2 47310 60.6394 69.6249 0010964 248.8416 111.1555 16.40671399133118

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

January 17th 2021

Spacecraft age

5 years, 9 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

University of Colorado, Boulder

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Non-Polar Inclined

Launch site

FANTM-RAiL (Xtenti)

Launch vehicle

LauncherOne

Contractor

University of Colorado, Boulder

Launch mass

4 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

60.6394Â°

Period

87.77 min

Perigee

157 km

Apogee

171 km

Eccentricity

0.0010964

RAAN

69.6249Â°

Arg of Perigee

248.8416Â°

Mean Motion

16.40671399 rev/d