Key statistics
Satellite AEROCUBE 5C at a glance.
Uptime
3559
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
64.8
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for AEROCUBE 5C.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: AEROCUBE 5C
International designator: 2015-058B
Object number (NORAD): 40965
Object ID (CCSDS): 40965
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.728 minutes
Inclination: 64.7679 deg
SMA: 6980.088 km
Apoapsis: 714.365 km
Periapsis: 489.542 km
RAAN: 258.6493 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0161046
Argument of periapsis: 192.1419 deg
Mean anomaly: 167.5793 deg
Mean motion: 14.88714471 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000303 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00026913 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 2:35 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 AEROCUBE 5C
TLE line 1: 1 40965U 15058B 25186.60765399 .00003030 00000-0 26913-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 40965 64.7679 258.6493 0161046 192.1419 167.5793 14.88714471314019
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite AEROCUBE 5C.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
AEROCUBE 5C was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas V 401 | NROL-55 (Multipayload mission)’, on board a Atlas V 401 space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 8, 2015, 12:49 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 3E.
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Atlas V 401 | NROL-55 (Multipayload mission)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 8, 2015, 12:49 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Atlas V 401
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3E
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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