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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

2876, 1967-065B

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

1 day ago

Origin

United States Navy (US)

Manufacturer

Rice

Mission

Civil Science

Bus & Motor

RICE AURORA, Unknown motor

Mass

21 kg wet, 21 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1967-06-29 (58 years ago)

Launch vehicle

THOR BURNER 2

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.360 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 1 day ago

0 AURORA 1
1 02876U 67065B   25216.27662086 -.00000018  00000-0 -12535-1 0  9998
2 02876  90.0069 313.4583 0071467  46.4056 314.2684  8.36560543363107

Epoch: 2025-08-04T06:38Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-04T06:38:20.042Z)

Latitude

0.00005°

Longitude

-99.21161°

Altitude

3,823.449 km

Speed

6.267 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 53m 49s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

66.15945°

Longitude

-99.22689°

Altitude

3,815.031 km

Speed

6.28 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

16h 54m 49s

Apparent Declination

43° 52' 21"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

01:48:02

Azimuth

328.283° NNW

Elevation

3.754°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

3,943.27 km

Perigee altitude

3,796.789 km

Semi-major axis

10,248.166 km

Eccentricity

0.00715

Inclination

90.0069°

RAAN

313.4583°

Arg. of periapsis

46.4056°

True anomaly

313.6783°

Mean anomaly

314.2684°

Eccentric anomaly

313.97372°

Mean motion

2.09206 °/min

Orbital period

172.08 mins

BSTAR

-0.012535

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Other satellites on launch #65 in the year 1967 (1967-06-29 UTC)

SECOR 9 (EGRS 9), 2861

THOR BURNER 2 R/B, 2877

THOR BURNER 2 DEB, 25101

THOR BURNER 2 DEB, 25122

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.
15 mins	2025-08-05 15:05:21.879Z	28.786° NE	2025-08-05 15:12:21.879Z	51.299° ENE	12.675°	2025-08-05 15:20:21.879Z	76.857° E
38 mins	2025-08-05 17:52:21.879Z	4.86° NNE	2025-08-05 18:11:21.879Z	93.196° ESE	42.748°	2025-08-05 18:30:21.879Z	170.166° S
31 mins	2025-08-05 20:45:21.879Z	350.546° N	2025-08-05 21:00:21.879Z	294.217° NW	30.809°	2025-08-05 21:16:21.879Z	238.128° WSW
30 mins	2025-08-06 04:40:21.879Z	120.872° SE	2025-08-06 04:55:21.879Z	62.471° ENE	31.483°	2025-08-06 05:10:21.879Z	7.764° NNE
37 mins	2025-08-06 07:26:21.879Z	193.012° SSW	2025-08-06 07:44:21.879Z	274.581° WNW	42.17°	2025-08-06 08:03:21.879Z	355.566° N
10 mins	2025-08-06 10:38:21.879Z	294.577° NW	2025-08-06 10:43:21.879Z	310.827° NW	11.524°	2025-08-06 10:48:21.879Z	326.99° NNW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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