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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

1 day 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 1 day ago

0 AEROCUBE 6A
1 40045U 14033AM  25180.98056812  .00003346  00000-0  32539-3 0  9990
2 40045  97.6945 348.7896 0044248 111.6708 248.9232 14.92494390593985

Epoch: 2025-06-29T23:32Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-29T23:32:01.085Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

77.48814°

Altitude

604.415 km

Speed

7.551 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 15m 09s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

56.25974°

Longitude

67.00665°

Altitude

580.022 km

Speed

7.587 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 55m 54s

Apparent Declination

12° 43' 26"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:45:42

Azimuth

31.831° NE

Elevation

-31.506°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

617.996 km

Perigee altitude

556.356 km

Semi-major axis

6,965.313 km

Eccentricity

0.00442

Inclination

97.6945°

RAAN

348.7896°

Arg. of periapsis

111.6708°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

248.9232°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.73364 °/min

Orbital period

96.42 mins

BSTAR

0.00032539

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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.
7 mins	2025-07-01 11:03:27.189Z	157.133° SSE	2025-07-01 11:06:27.189Z	115.088° SE	41.814°	2025-07-01 11:10:27.189Z	353.636° N
7 mins	2025-07-02 00:21:27.189Z	2.807° NNE	2025-07-02 00:25:27.189Z	274.029° WNW	39.143°	2025-07-02 00:28:27.189Z	210.732° SW

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