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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

23 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 23 hours ago

0 AEROCUBE 6A
1 40045U 14033AM  25121.70141711  .00008345  00000-0  81836-3 0  9996
2 40045  97.6909 290.9101 0042172 310.0199  49.7322 14.91807460585146

Epoch: 2025-05-01T16:50Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-01T16:50:02.438Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

178.53134°

Altitude

576.412 km

Speed

7.583 km/s

True Right ascension

19h 23m 38s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

44.9667°

Longitude

7.18187°

Altitude

628.219 km

Speed

7.533 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 48m 56s

Apparent Declination

5° 37' 09"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

23:41:15

Azimuth

36.264° NE

Elevation

-37.635°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

618.699 km

Perigee altitude

559.932 km

Semi-major axis

6,967.452 km

Eccentricity

0.0042172

Inclination

97.6909°

RAAN

290.9101°

Arg. of periapsis

310.0199°

True anomaly

50.1022°

Mean anomaly

49.7322°

Eccentric anomaly

49.91707°

Mean motion

3.73192 °/min

BSTAR

0.00081836

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

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	2025-05-02 23:59:27.018Z	17.595° NNE	2025-05-03 00:02:27.018Z	57.339° ENE	42.873°	2025-05-03 00:06:27.018Z	186.256° SSW
6 mins	2025-05-03 10:49:27.018Z	138.776° SSE	2025-05-03 10:52:27.018Z	70.304° E	34.576°	2025-05-03 10:55:27.018Z	6.238° NNE

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