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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 (1 year 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, Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 5 hours ago

TLE from 5 hours ago

0 AEROCUBE 18A
1 63220U 25052L   26193.16598029  .00003308  00000-0  13650-3 0  9990
2 63220  97.3942  86.3239 0005395  53.6531 306.5204 15.24735498 73700

Epoch: 2026-07-12T03:59Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-07-12T03:59:00.697Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

96.50224°

Altitude

492.472 km

Speed

7.62 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 45m 17s

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

21:15:09

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

492.243 km

Perigee altitude

484.834 km

Semi-major axis

6,866.676 km

Eccentricity

0.00054

Inclination

97.3942°

RAAN

86.3239°

Arg. of periapsis

53.6531°

True anomaly

306.4707°

Mean anomaly

306.5204°

Eccentric anomaly

306.49555°

Mean motion

3.81437 °/min

Orbital period

94.38 mins

BSTAR

0.0001365

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Other satellites on launch #52 in the year 2025 (2025-03-15 UTC)

AEROCUBE 18B, 63222

OBJECT Y, 63232

CLARITY-1, 63227 (Decayed)

HADES-ICM, 63492 (Decayed)

LEMUR 2 LIA-MARTIN, 63248

LEMUR 2 BALTO, 63395

SPACEEYE-T1, 63229

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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.
6 mins	2026-07-12 16:42:33.072Z	152.102° SSE	2026-07-12 16:45:33.072Z	90.8° ESE	38.974°	2026-07-12 16:48:33.072Z	0.04° NNE
5 mins	2026-07-13 05:45:33.072Z	15.18° NNE	2026-07-13 05:47:33.072Z	54.625° ENE	44.531°	2026-07-13 05:50:33.072Z	189.859° SSW

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AEROCUBE 18A, 63220

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 5 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-07-12T03:59:00.697Z)

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AEROCUBE 18A Visibility forecast

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