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AEROCUBE 8C, 41853

Orbit data source: Space-Track

AEROCUBE 8C, 41853 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

41853, 2016-067F

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

19 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 19 hours ago

0 AEROCUBE 8C
1 41853U 16067F   25128.48519669  .00008326  00000-0  42141-3 0  9991
2 41853  98.0964 321.8369 0006395  26.8518 333.3043 15.17285256464559

Epoch: 2025-05-08T11:38Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T11:38:40.994Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-79.38892°

Altitude

513.177 km

Speed

7.609 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 27m 20s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

57.33343°

Longitude

-91.27968°

Altitude

520.001 km

Speed

7.611 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 25m 05s

Apparent Declination

16° 18' 03"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:02:27

Azimuth

41.341° NE

Elevation

-22.906°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

515.455 km

Perigee altitude

506.644 km

Semi-major axis

6,889.187 km

Eccentricity

0.0006395

Inclination

98.0964°

RAAN

321.8369°

Arg. of periapsis

26.8518°

True anomaly

333.27135°

Mean anomaly

333.3043°

Eccentric anomaly

333.28783°

Mean motion

3.79569 °/min

BSTAR

0.00042141

Orbital period

94.84 mins

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Other satellites on launch #67 in the year 2016 (2016-11-11 UTC)

WORLDVIEW 4, 41848 (Decayed)

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PROMETHEUS 2-3, 41855

ATLAS 5 CENTAUR R/B, 41856

AEROCUBE 8C 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 13:05:33.131Z	180.954° SSW	2025-05-09 13:08:33.131Z	255.853° W	40.238°	2025-05-09 13:11:33.131Z	336.41° NNW
5 mins	2025-05-10 02:12:33.131Z	342.117° N	2025-05-10 02:14:33.131Z	274.577° WNW	33.08°	2025-05-10 02:17:33.131Z	217.87° SW

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