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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

Country

Related business

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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Last TLE update: 20 hours ago

TLE from 20 hours ago

0 AEROCUBE 6A
1 40045U 14033AM  25242.17901210  .00008775  00000-0  83312-3 0  9997
2 40045  97.7008  48.6368 0041293 268.2773  91.3717 14.93103788603118

Epoch: 2025-08-30T04:17Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-30T04:17:46.645Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

5.57542°

Altitude

592.117 km

Speed

7.563 km/s

True Right ascension

03h 14m 32s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:04:36

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

614.033 km

Perigee altitude

556.525 km

Semi-major axis

6,963.416 km

Eccentricity

0.00413

Inclination

97.7008°

RAAN

48.6368°

Arg. of periapsis

268.2773°

True anomaly

91.84468°

Mean anomaly

91.3717°

Eccentric anomaly

91.6082°

Mean motion

3.73516 °/min

Orbital period

96.38 mins

BSTAR

0.00083312

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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.
8 mins	2025-08-31 10:58:18.025Z	155.951° SSE	2025-08-31 11:02:18.025Z	75.08° E	42.174°	2025-08-31 11:06:18.025Z	354.385° N
6 mins	2025-09-01 00:18:18.025Z	358.812° N	2025-09-01 00:20:18.025Z	319.356° NNW	39.713°	2025-09-01 00:24:18.025Z	207.115° SW