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AEROCUBE 18B, 63222

Orbit data source: Space-Track

AEROCUBE 18B, 63222 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

63222, 2025-052N

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 (11 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, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.045 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 7 hours ago

TLE from 7 hours ago

0 AEROCUBE 18B
1 63222U 25052N   26032.95474393  .00006240  00000-0  27237-3 0  9992
2 63222  97.4150 288.1977 0002945 233.0575 127.0392 15.22487682 49305

Epoch: 2026-02-01T22:54Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-01T22:54:49.875Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

172.33292°

Altitude

502.654 km

Speed

7.612 km/s

True Right ascension

19h 12m 47s

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

07:16:59

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

497.327 km

Perigee altitude

493.278 km

Semi-major axis

6,873.44 km

Eccentricity

0.00029

Inclination

97.415°

RAAN

288.1977°

Arg. of periapsis

233.0575°

True anomaly

127.06613°

Mean anomaly

127.0392°

Eccentric anomaly

127.05267°

Mean motion

3.80875 °/min

Orbital period

94.52 mins

BSTAR

0.00027237

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

JINJUSAT-1B, 63210

LEMUR 2 LEIA-PHILIP, 63246

LEMUR 2 THEFALCONER, 63264

IOD1_STARTICAL, 63212

LEMUR 2 LIA-MARTIN, 63248

SPACEEYE-T1, 63229

UVSQ-SAT NG, 63251

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AEROCUBE 18B 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	2026-02-02 05:46:45.780Z	11.57° NNE	2026-02-02 05:49:45.780Z	8.175° NNE	43.66°	2026-02-02 05:52:45.780Z	193.527° SSW
5 mins	2026-02-02 16:24:45.780Z	125.424° SE	2026-02-02 16:26:45.780Z	77.188° E	27.898°	2026-02-02 16:29:45.780Z	11.497° NNE

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AEROCUBE 18B, 63222

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 7 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-01T22:54:49.875Z)

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AEROCUBE 18B Visibility forecast

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