Key statistics
Satellite AEROCUBE 5C at a glance.
Uptime
3720
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: 96.633 minutes
Inclination: 64.767 deg
SMA: 6975.512 km
Apoapsis: 693.43 km
Periapsis: 501.324 km
RAAN: 119.3185 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01376999
Argument of periapsis: 135.8105 deg
Mean anomaly: 225.4105 deg
Mean motion: 14.90179578 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005943 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00052558202 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 3:04 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 AEROCUBE 5C
TLE line 1: 1 40965U 15058B 25347.62833722 .00005943 00000-0 52558-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 40965 64.7670 119.3185 0137700 135.8105 225.4105 14.90179578337996
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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