ALPHA CUBESAT, 66908 (Decayed)
Orbit data source: Space-Track
ALPHA CUBESAT, 66908 was a payload satellite owned by Cornell (US) in LEO that was delivered to the ISS. 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
Cornell
Mission
Decayed Amateur Technology
Bus & Motor
CUBESAT 1U, Unknown motor
Mass
1 kg wet, 1 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box, 0.1 m
Radar Cross Section
0.035 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 4 months ago
TLE from 4 months ago
0 ALPHA CUBESAT
1 66908U 98067XU 26127.21805227 .03226817 11977-4 11668-2 0 9996
2 66908 51.6088 120.0031 0001220 14.1359 345.9695 16.24076855 24465Epoch: 2026-05-07T05:13Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-07T05:13:59.716Z)
Latitude
0.00002°
Longitude
176.43695°
Altitude
208.488 km
Speed
7.783 km/s
True Right ascension
08h 00m 00s
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
15:28:07
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
209.839 km
Perigee altitude
208.231 km
Semi-major axis
6,587.172 km
Eccentricity
0.00012
Inclination
51.6088°
RAAN
120.0031°
Arg. of periapsis
14.1359°
True anomaly
345.96611°
Mean anomaly
345.9695°
Eccentric anomaly
345.96781°
Mean motion
4.05971 °/min
Orbital period
88.68 mins
BSTAR
0.0011668
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Other satellites on launch #67 in the year 1998 (1998-11-20 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.ALPHA CUBESAT Visibility
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