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AEROCUBE 6A, 40045

Orbit data source: Space-Track

AEROCUBE 6A, 40045 is a payload satellite owned by AERO (US) in SSO that was launched on Thu, 19 Jun 2014 UTC via a DNEPR launch vehicle from the Orenburg, Russia (OREN). 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

40045, 2014-033AM

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

11 hours ago

Origin

The Aerospace Corporation (US)

Manufacturer

AERO

Mission

Operational Defense Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 0.5U, Unknown motor

Mass

~0.5 kg wet, ~0.5 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2014-06-19 (11 years ago)

Launch vehicle

DNEPR

Launch site

Orenburg, Russia (OREN)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.010 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 AEROCUBE 6A
1 40045U 14033AM  25115.19497450  .00009616  00000-0  94457-3 0  9991
2 40045  97.6889 284.5637 0042565 331.8305  28.0611 14.91682336584415

Epoch: 2025-04-25T04:40Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-25T04:40:45.796Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

0.91735°

Altitude

569.572 km

Speed

7.59 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 58m 15s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-32.80139°

Longitude

6.33367°

Altitude

575.435 km

Speed

7.588 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

15h 49m 32s

Apparent Declination

-56° 51' 50"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

23:03:19

Azimuth

224.305° SW

Elevation

-42.064°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

619.364 km

Perigee altitude

560.047 km

Semi-major axis

6,967.842 km

Eccentricity

0.0042565

Inclination

97.6889°

RAAN

284.5637°

Arg. of periapsis

331.8305°

True anomaly

28.29163°

Mean anomaly

28.0611°

Eccentric anomaly

28.17626°

Mean motion

3.73161 °/min

BSTAR

0.00094457

Orbital period

96.47 mins

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Other satellites on launch #33 in the year 2014 (2014-06-19 UTC)

KAZEOSAT 2, 40010

ANTELSAT, 40034

FLOCK 1C 9, 40035 (Decayed)

FLOCK 1C 6, 40036 (Decayed)

PERSEUS M2, 40037

FLOCK 1C 5, 40038 (Decayed)

PERSEUS M1, 40039

FLOCK 1C 8, 40040 (Decayed)

FLOCK 1C 3, 40041 (Decayed)

AEROCUBE 6A 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.
4 mins	2025-04-25 22:59:08.657Z	60.86° ENE	2025-04-25 23:01:08.657Z	90.225° ESE	14.638°	2025-04-25 23:03:08.657Z	120.398° SE
6 mins	2025-04-26 00:34:08.657Z	352.377° N	2025-04-26 00:37:08.657Z	281.851° WNW	35.095°	2025-04-26 00:40:08.657Z	220.16° SW
6 mins	2025-04-26 11:24:08.657Z	176.48° S	2025-04-26 11:27:08.657Z	307.19° NW	42.197°	2025-04-26 11:30:08.657Z	342.58° N

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