Latitude
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W-CUBE
NORAD 48965 · COSPAR 2021-059CQ · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP
W-CUBE reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 1 year ago).
Orbit: #23799 @ 187 x 195 km x 97.6531 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2025-09-30 02:38 UTC · 9336.2 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
// celestrak
W-CUBE
1 48965U 21059CQ 25273.10988651 .03797464 26509-5 82303-3 0 9992
2 48965 97.6531 97.9098 0006615 262.0715 97.9828 16.30605806237996
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 48965U 21059CQ 25273.10988651 .03797464 26509-5 82303-3 0 9992
2 48965 97.6531 97.9098 0006615 262.0715 97.9828 16.30605806237996
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
June 30th 2021
Spacecraft age
5 years, 3 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
European Space Agency (ESA)
Purpose
Technology Development
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Cape Canaveral
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9
Contractor
Joanneum Research
Launch mass
5 kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
97.6531°
Period
88.31 min
Perigee
187 km
Apogee
195 km
Eccentricity
0.0006615
RAAN
97.9098°
Arg of Perigee
262.0715°
Mean Motion
16.30605806 rev/d