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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
AERO
Mission
Operational Defense Technology
Bus & Motor
CUBESAT 6U, Unknown motor
Mass
10 kg wet, 10 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 14.5 m
Radar Cross Section
0.045 m², Small (<0.1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 10 hours ago
TLE from 10 hours ago
0 AEROCUBE 18A
1 63220U 25052L 26144.98691882 .00005228 00000-0 21780-3 0 9993
2 63220 97.3995 38.7653 0003657 177.6830 182.4425 15.24147605 66364Epoch: 2026-05-24T23:41Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-24T23:41:09.786Z)
Latitude
0.00001°
Longitude
160.89334°
Altitude
498.954 km
Speed
7.614 km/s
True Right ascension
02h 35m 03s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
18:22:34
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
492.818 km
Perigee altitude
487.794 km
Semi-major axis
6,868.443 km
Eccentricity
0.00037
Inclination
97.3995°
RAAN
38.7653°
Arg. of periapsis
177.683°
True anomaly
182.44071°
Mean anomaly
182.4425°
Eccentric anomaly
182.44161°
Mean motion
3.8129 °/min
Orbital period
94.42 mins
BSTAR
0.0002178
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Other satellites on launch #52 in the year 2025 (2025-03-15 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.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. |
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| 6 mins | 2026-05-25 17:08:09.682Z | 177.952° S | 2026-05-25 17:11:09.682Z | 224.486° SW | 40.167° | 2026-05-25 17:14:09.682Z | 337.88° N |
| 4 mins | 2026-05-26 06:12:09.682Z | 340.472° N | 2026-05-26 06:14:09.682Z | 267.466° W | 32.624° | 2026-05-26 06:16:09.682Z | 222.136° SW |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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