Key statistics
Satellite AUREOLE 3 at a glance.
Uptime
16104
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for AUREOLE 3.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: AUREOLE 3
International designator: 1981-094A
Object number (NORAD): 12848
Object ID (CCSDS): 12848
Country: FRANCE (FR)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.007 minutes
Inclination: 82.4696 deg
SMA: 7089.331 km
Apoapsis: 1048.539 km
Periapsis: 373.853 km
RAAN: 142.7073 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0475846
Argument of periapsis: 226.706 deg
Mean anomaly: 129.353 deg
Mean motion: 14.54436884 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0001118 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00053440603 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 24, 2025, 2:48 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 23, 2025, 10:18 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 AUREOLE 3
TLE line 1: 1 12848U 81094A 25296.92921033 .00011180 00000-0 53441-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 12848 82.4696 142.7073 0475846 226.7060 129.3530 14.54436884225853
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite AUREOLE 3.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object AUREOLE 3.
Associated space launch
Joint Soviet-French satellite dedicated to magnetospheric research
AUREOLE 3 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Aureole 3’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 21, 1981, 1:10 p.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Aureole 3
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 21, 1981, 1:10 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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