Key statistics
Satellite AUREOLE 3 at a glance.
Uptime
15933
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: 99.214 minutes
Inclination: 82.4702 deg
SMA: 7099.188 km
Apoapsis: 1068.78 km
Periapsis: 373.326 km
RAAN: 296.9579 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0489813
Argument of periapsis: 45.7801 deg
Mean anomaly: 318.2545 deg
Mean motion: 14.51408794 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00009479 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00045687 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 9:30 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 AUREOLE 3
TLE line 1: 1 12848U 81094A 25125.89592784 .00009479 00000-0 45687-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 12848 82.4702 296.9579 0489813 45.7801 318.2545 14.51408794201029
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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