AEROCUBE 2

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite AEROCUBE 2 at a glance.

Uptime

6656

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.7

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.4

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for AEROCUBE 2.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: AEROCUBE 2

International designator: 2007-012R

Object number (NORAD): 31133

Object ID (CCSDS): 31133

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 98.264 minutes

Inclination: 98.3952 deg

SMA: 7053.824 km

Apoapsis: 726.563 km

Periapsis: 624.814 km

RAAN: 158.7213 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0072123

Argument of periapsis: 326.5571 deg

Mean anomaly: 33.1087 deg

Mean motion: 14.6543268 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001075 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00020105 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 6, 2025, 10:44 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 AEROCUBE 2

TLE line 1: 1 31133U 07012R 25187.44790572 .00001075 00000-0 20105-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 31133 98.3952 158.7213 0072123 326.5571 33.1087 14.65432680969702

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite AEROCUBE 2.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object AEROCUBE 2.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
IRIDIUM 33 DEB LEO 2025-02-13 08:27:50 0.0002712885 126.0 (m) DEBRIS
ARIANE 1 DEB SSO 2024-12-05 15:59:21 0.0001018623 574.0 (m) DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251 DEB LEO 2024-11-26 15:59:15 0.0001070616 566.0 (m) DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251 DEB LEO 2024-08-29 21:35:58 0.0001785723 235.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Rideshare mission with Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Earth observation satellites as well as 14 American cubesats

AEROCUBE 2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Dnepr | EgyptSat 1 & Saudisat 3’, on board a Dnepr space rocket.

The launch took place on April 17, 2007, 6:46 a.m. from 109/95.

For more information about the launch, click the button.

Launch to space Dnepr | EgyptSat 1 & Saudisat 3
Dnepr | EgyptSat 1 & Saudisat 3

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: April 17, 2007, 6:46 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Dnepr

Launch pad: 109/95

Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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