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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

15 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 15 hours ago

0 AEROCUBE 6A
1 40045U 14033AM  25221.40244221  .00005019  00000-0  48160-3 0  9992
2 40045  97.6973  28.3050 0041927 339.1597  20.7911 14.92881550600014

Epoch: 2025-08-09T09:39Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-09T09:39:31.006Z)

Latitude

-0.0001°

Longitude

-74.71283°

Altitude

564.702 km

Speed

7.594 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 53m 13s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

10.88574°

Longitude

107.38932°

Altitude

619.803 km

Speed

7.534 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

11h 50m 39s

Apparent Declination

-46° 47' 20"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:08:05

Azimuth

211.58° SW

Elevation

-7.217°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

615.169 km

Perigee altitude

556.772 km

Semi-major axis

6,964.108 km

Eccentricity

0.00419

Inclination

97.6973°

RAAN

28.305°

Arg. of periapsis

339.1597°

True anomaly

20.96248°

Mean anomaly

20.7911°

Eccentric anomaly

20.87671°

Mean motion

3.73461 °/min

Orbital period

96.4 mins

BSTAR

0.0004816

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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

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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.
6 mins	2025-08-10 11:31:30.715Z	188.416° SSW	2025-08-10 11:34:30.715Z	271.831° WNW	38.002°	2025-08-10 11:37:30.715Z	334.136° NNW
5 mins	2025-08-10 23:15:30.715Z	60.622° ENE	2025-08-10 23:17:30.715Z	101.345° ESE	22.287°	2025-08-10 23:20:30.715Z	148.192° SSE

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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