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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

14 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 14 hours ago

0 AEROCUBE 6B
1 40046U 14033AN  25181.69588844  .00004053  00000-0  38166-3 0  9993
2 40046  97.6933 348.6492 0043044 102.7813 257.8222 14.93693588594187

Epoch: 2025-06-30T16:42Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-30T16:42:04.761Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

179.12737°

Altitude

595.925 km

Speed

7.558 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 14m 35s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-77.11074°

Longitude

-144.34308°

Altitude

644.054 km

Speed

7.518 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 24m 56s

Apparent Declination

-62° 47' 52"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

18:26:38

Azimuth

163.065° S

Elevation

-65.323°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

613.409 km

Perigee altitude

553.479 km

Semi-major axis

6,961.581 km

Eccentricity

0.0043

Inclination

97.6933°

RAAN

348.6492°

Arg. of periapsis

102.7813°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

257.8222°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.73664 °/min

Orbital period

96.34 mins

BSTAR

0.00038166

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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 10:31:47.739Z	125.775° SE	2025-07-01 10:34:47.739Z	62.12° ENE	26.716°	2025-07-01 10:37:47.739Z	10.894° NNE
4 mins	2025-07-01 12:08:47.739Z	243.163° WSW	2025-07-01 12:09:47.739Z	262.06° W	17.919°	2025-07-01 12:12:47.739Z	311.123° NW
6 mins	2025-07-01 23:49:47.739Z	25.082° NE	2025-07-01 23:51:47.739Z	67.409° ENE	40.248°	2025-07-01 23:55:47.739Z	181.523° SSW

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