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AEROCUBE 8D, 41852

Orbit data source: Space-Track

AEROCUBE 8D, 41852 is a payload satellite owned by AERO (US) 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

41852, 2016-067E

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

18 hours ago

Origin

The Aerospace Corporation (US)

Manufacturer

AERO

Mission

Operational Commercial Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 1.5U, Unknown motor

Mass

2 kg wet, 2 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, 0.2 m

Radar Cross Section

0.040 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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TLE from 18 hours ago

0 AEROCUBE 8D
1 41852U 16067E   25128.54282189  .00008435  00000-0  42834-3 0  9991
2 41852  98.1123 324.0463 0005415  91.1774 269.0078 15.17167530464576

Epoch: 2025-05-08T13:01Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T13:01:39.811Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-97.98139°

Altitude

517.538 km

Speed

7.605 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 36m 11s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

43.96179°

Longitude

90.6789°

Altitude

518.443 km

Speed

7.61 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

06h 43m 07s

Apparent Declination

6° 35' 08"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:11:00

Azimuth

300.704° NW

Elevation

-22.621°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

515.138 km

Perigee altitude

507.676 km

Semi-major axis

6,889.544 km

Eccentricity

0.0005415

Inclination

98.1123°

RAAN

324.0463°

Arg. of periapsis

91.1774°

True anomaly

268.94576°

Mean anomaly

269.0078°

Eccentric anomaly

268.97678°

Mean motion

3.7954 °/min

BSTAR

0.00042834

Orbital period

94.85 mins

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ATLAS 5 CENTAUR R/B, 41856

AEROCUBE 8D 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	2025-05-09 12:54:04.185Z	159.142° S	2025-05-09 12:57:04.185Z	54.449° ENE	43.783°	2025-05-09 13:00:04.185Z	351.686° N
6 mins	2025-05-10 02:00:04.185Z	8.825° NNE	2025-05-10 02:03:04.185Z	228.794° WSW	43.204°	2025-05-10 02:06:04.185Z	198.523° SSW

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