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OPTICUBE 04, 41851

Orbit data source: Space-Track

OPTICUBE 04, 41851 is an American payload satellite in SSO that was launched on Fri, 11 Nov 2016 UTC via an ATLAS V 401 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). 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

41851, 2016-067D

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

17 hours ago

Origin

United States Air Force (US)

Manufacturer

Cal Poly

Mission

Operational Defense Calibration

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 2U, Unknown motor

Mass

4 kg wet, 4 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2016-11-11 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ATLAS V 401

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.075 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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TLE from 17 hours ago

0 OPTICUBE 04
1 41851U 16067D   25128.55383074  .00002668  00000-0  18191-3 0  9997
2 41851  98.0932 314.7123 0017431  47.4289 312.8404 15.07075704464173

Epoch: 2025-05-08T13:17Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T13:17:30.975Z)

Latitude

-0.00013°

Longitude

-111.28941°

Altitude

539.998 km

Speed

7.597 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 58m 50s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-9.01009°

Longitude

-109.23866°

Altitude

542.664 km

Speed

7.594 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 25m 39s

Apparent Declination

-30° 53' 29"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:55:42

Azimuth

94.923° ESE

Elevation

-46.888°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

554.218 km

Perigee altitude

530.092 km

Semi-major axis

6,920.292 km

Eccentricity

0.0017431

Inclination

98.0932°

RAAN

314.7123°

Arg. of periapsis

47.4289°

True anomaly

312.69372°

Mean anomaly

312.8404°

Eccentric anomaly

312.76708°

Mean motion

3.77013 °/min

BSTAR

0.00018191

Orbital period

95.49 mins

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OPTICUBE 04 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.
5 mins	2025-05-09 11:44:48.673Z	122.804° SE	2025-05-09 11:46:48.673Z	83.571° E	25.31°	2025-05-09 11:49:48.673Z	16.661° NNE
6 mins	2025-05-10 00:55:48.673Z	35.576° NE	2025-05-10 00:57:48.673Z	86.23° E	35.25°	2025-05-10 01:01:48.673Z	174.028° S

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