ATLAS CENTAUR 2 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite ATLAS CENTAUR 2 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

22558

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.3

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

29.9

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for ATLAS CENTAUR 2 DEB.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? True

Object name: ATLAS CENTAUR 2 DEB

International designator: 1963-047K

Object number (NORAD): 2886

Object ID (CCSDS): 2886

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 108.279 minutes

Inclination: 29.8697 deg

SMA: 7525.297 km

Apoapsis: 1631.486 km

Periapsis: 662.838 km

RAAN: 172.5976 deg

Eccentricy: 0.06435945

Argument of periapsis: 133.664 deg

Mean anomaly: 231.9137 deg

Mean motion: 13.29894857 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000176 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000076687293 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 11:24 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 1:46 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 ATLAS CENTAUR 2 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 02886U 63047K 25242.07392095 .00000176 00000-0 76687-4 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 02886 29.8697 172.5976 0643594 133.6640 231.9137 13.29894857837435

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite ATLAS CENTAUR 2 DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object ATLAS CENTAUR 2 DEB.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
COSMOS 2251 DEB LEO 2025-03-29 16:52:28 0.0005691106 180.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2025-02-15 16:09:20 0.0001252343 713.0 (m) DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB SSO 2024-11-23 19:23:44 0.0001605167 72.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Test flight of the cryogenic Centaur stage.

ATLAS CENTAUR 2 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas Centaur | AC-2 Instrumentation Ring’, on board a Atlas Centaur space rocket.

The launch took place on Nov. 27, 1963, 7:03 p.m. from Launch Complex 36A.

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Launch to space Atlas Centaur | AC-2 Instrumentation Ring
Atlas Centaur | AC-2 Instrumentation Ring

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Nov. 27, 1963, 7:03 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Atlas Centaur

Launch pad: Launch Complex 36A

Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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