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AEROCUBE 6B, 40046

Orbit data source: Space-Track

AEROCUBE 6B, 40046 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

40046, 2014-033AN

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 6B
1 40046U 14033AN  25170.44119977  .00004951  00000-0  46631-3 0  9994
2 40046  97.6917 337.6373 0042559 139.1475 221.2949 14.93592864592503

Epoch: 2025-06-19T10:35Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-19T10:35:19.66Z)

Latitude

0.00006°

Longitude

-89.10347°

Altitude

612.12 km

Speed

7.541 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 30m 32s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-39.08603°

Longitude

85.26246°

Altitude

597.554 km

Speed

7.562 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

06h 01m 59s

Apparent Declination

-66° 12' 08"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:55:46

Azimuth

211.454° SW

Elevation

-41.229°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

613.386 km

Perigee altitude

554.128 km

Semi-major axis

6,961.894 km

Eccentricity

0.00426

Inclination

97.6917°

RAAN

337.6373°

Arg. of periapsis

139.1475°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

221.2949°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.73639 °/min

Orbital period

96.35 mins

BSTAR

0.00046631

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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 6B 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	2025-06-20 10:50:04.321Z	147.36° SSE	2025-06-20 10:53:04.321Z	96.111° ESE	37.155°	2025-06-20 10:57:04.321Z	359.699° N
6 mins	2025-06-21 00:09:04.321Z	6.006° NNE	2025-06-21 00:11:04.321Z	329.197° NNW	43.253°	2025-06-21 00:15:04.321Z	199.037° SSW

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