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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

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 (12 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: 5 hours ago

TLE from 5 hours ago

0 AEROCUBE 6B
1 40046U 14033AN  26085.45553810  .00006383  00000-0  53156-3 0  9990
2 40046  97.7124 252.9997 0037169 283.2791  76.4287 14.98460917634362

Epoch: 2026-03-26T10:55Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-26T10:55:58.491Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

-94.89824°

Altitude

568.731 km

Speed

7.58 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 51m 59s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

20:56:32

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

594.479 km

Perigee altitude

542.838 km

Semi-major axis

6,946.796 km

Eccentricity

0.00372

Inclination

97.7124°

RAAN

252.9997°

Arg. of periapsis

283.2791°

True anomaly

76.84318°

Mean anomaly

76.4287°

Eccentric anomaly

76.6359°

Mean motion

3.74858 °/min

Orbital period

96.04 mins

BSTAR

0.00053156

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FLOCK 1C 8, 40040 (Decayed)

FLOCK 1C 7, 40026 (Decayed)

TABLETSAT AURORA, 40017

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AEROCUBE 6B 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.
6 mins	2026-03-27 00:19:37.388Z	356.633° N	2026-03-27 00:22:37.388Z	275.271° WNW	38.123°	2026-03-27 00:25:37.388Z	213.365° SW
6 mins	2026-03-27 11:06:37.388Z	164.376° S	2026-03-27 11:09:37.388Z	357.011° N	42.892°	2026-03-27 11:12:37.388Z	348.821° N

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AEROCUBE 6B, 40046

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 5 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-26T10:55:58.491Z)

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Other satellites on launch #33 in the year 2014 (2014-06-19 UTC)

AEROCUBE 6B Visibility forecast

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