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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

17 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 17 hours ago

0 AEROCUBE 6B
1 40046U 14033AN  25181.42792961  .00004138  00000-0  38956-3 0  9992
2 40046  97.6931 348.3869 0043072 103.5861 257.0162 14.93691262594141

Epoch: 2025-06-30T10:16Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-30T10:16:13.118Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-84.40564°

Altitude

596.348 km

Speed

7.558 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 13m 32s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

64.98533°

Longitude

113.00348°

Altitude

568.367 km

Speed

7.599 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 39m 15s

Apparent Declination

37° 51' 31"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:28:25

Azimuth

334.562° NNW

Elevation

-6.646°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

613.436 km

Perigee altitude

553.466 km

Semi-major axis

6,961.588 km

Eccentricity

0.00431

Inclination

97.6931°

RAAN

348.3869°

Arg. of periapsis

103.5861°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

257.0162°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.73663 °/min

Orbital period

96.34 mins

BSTAR

0.00038956

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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.
6 mins	2025-07-01 10:31:13.116Z	130.795° SE	2025-07-01 10:34:13.116Z	79.389° E	26.752°	2025-07-01 10:37:13.116Z	15.876° NNE
4 mins	2025-07-01 12:08:13.116Z	233.921° WSW	2025-07-01 12:10:13.116Z	270.545° WNW	17.88°	2025-07-01 12:12:13.116Z	304.363° NW
5 mins	2025-07-01 23:50:13.116Z	28.12° NE	2025-07-01 23:52:13.116Z	101.215° ESE	41.554°	2025-07-01 23:55:13.116Z	179.533° S

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