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AEROCUBE 18A, 63220

Orbit data source: Space-Track

AEROCUBE 18A, 63220 is a payload satellite owned by AERO (US) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 15 Mar 2025 UTC via an FALCON 9 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

63220, 2025-052L

Orbit

SSO

Country

Related business

The Aerospace Corporation (US)

Manufacturer

AERO

Mission

Operational Defense Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 6U, Unknown motor

Mass

10 kg wet, 10 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-03-15 (9 months ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 14.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.045 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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TLE from 1 day ago

0 AEROCUBE 18A
1 63220U 25052L   25346.65535812  .00010934  00000-0  48626-3 0  9998
2 63220  97.4166 237.6216 0006090  66.7730 293.4147 15.21655632 41505

Epoch: 2025-12-12T15:43Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-12T15:43:42.941Z)

Latitude

-0°

Longitude

-79.90118°

Altitude

502.276 km

Speed

7.614 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 50m 29s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

21:19:02

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

501.998 km

Perigee altitude

493.623 km

Semi-major axis

6,875.947 km

Eccentricity

0.00061

Inclination

97.4166°

RAAN

237.6216°

Arg. of periapsis

66.773°

True anomaly

293.35064°

Mean anomaly

293.4147°

Eccentric anomaly

293.38267°

Mean motion

3.80666 °/min

Orbital period

94.57 mins

BSTAR

0.00048626

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AEROCUBE 18A 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	2025-12-14 06:11:02.067Z	342.434° N	2025-12-14 06:13:02.067Z	271.523° WNW	33.556°	2025-12-14 06:16:02.067Z	215.372° SW
5 mins	2025-12-14 16:48:02.067Z	151.132° SSE	2025-12-14 16:50:02.067Z	57.263° ENE	42.116°	2025-12-14 16:53:02.067Z	354.978° N

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AEROCUBE 18A, 63220

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-12T15:43:42.941Z)

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