AURORA 1, 2876
Orbit data source: Space-Track
AURORA 1, 2876 is an American payload satellite in LEO that was launched on Thu, 29 Jun 1967 UTC via a THOR BURNER 2 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.
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Identifier
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
Rice
Mission
Civil Science
Bus & Motor
RICE AURORA, Unknown motor
Mass
21 kg wet, 21 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box, 0.3 m
Radar Cross Section
0.360 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 1 day ago
TLE from 1 day ago
0 AURORA 1
1 02876U 67065B 25260.16034985 .00000003 00000-0 78421-3 0 9996
2 02876 89.9982 313.4583 0070998 4.8298 355.3211 8.36560585366776Epoch: 2025-09-17T03:50Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-17T03:50:54.227Z)
Latitude
0.00002°
Longitude
-100.60793°
Altitude
3,801.781 km
Speed
6.28 km/s
True Right ascension
20h 53m 49s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
23:18:46
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
3,942.789 km
Perigee altitude
3,797.269 km
Semi-major axis
10,248.166 km
Eccentricity
0.0071
Inclination
89.9982°
RAAN
313.4583°
Arg. of periapsis
4.8298°
True anomaly
355.25414°
Mean anomaly
355.3211°
Eccentric anomaly
355.28768°
Mean motion
2.09206 °/min
Orbital period
172.08 mins
BSTAR
0.00078421
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Other satellites on launch #65 in the year 1967 (1967-06-29 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.AURORA 1 Visibility forecast
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Span | Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order | Start Az. | Max El. time (UTC) | Max El. Az. | Max El. | End time (UTC) | End Az. |
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| 19 mins | 2025-09-18 12:16:30.725Z | 23.613° NE | 2025-09-18 12:26:30.725Z | 55.59° ENE | 13.937° | 2025-09-18 12:35:30.725Z | 84.055° E |
| 38 mins | 2025-09-18 15:05:30.725Z | 4.79° NNE | 2025-09-18 15:23:30.725Z | 82.08° E | 43.306° | 2025-09-18 15:43:30.725Z | 172.53° S |
| 31 mins | 2025-09-18 17:57:30.725Z | 351.33° N | 2025-09-18 18:12:30.725Z | 297.986° NW | 29.919° | 2025-09-18 18:28:30.725Z | 241.435° WSW |
| 31 mins | 2025-09-19 01:52:30.725Z | 123.281° SE | 2025-09-19 02:07:30.725Z | 64.555° ENE | 32.541° | 2025-09-19 02:23:30.725Z | 6.591° NNE |
| 37 mins | 2025-09-19 04:39:30.725Z | 195.835° SSW | 2025-09-19 04:56:30.725Z | 270.325° WNW | 41.547° | 2025-09-19 05:16:30.725Z | 355.778° N |
Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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