Key statistics
Satellite AEROCUBE 7 at a glance.
Uptime
3621
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
64.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for AEROCUBE 7.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: AEROCUBE 7
International designator: 2015-058C
Object number (NORAD): 40966
Object ID (CCSDS): 40966
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.479 minutes
Inclination: 64.7638 deg
SMA: 6968.124 km
Apoapsis: 689.785 km
Periapsis: 490.193 km
RAAN: 53.4319 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01432182
Argument of periapsis: 171.3382 deg
Mean anomaly: 189.0256 deg
Mean motion: 14.92550213 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00009403 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00075984894 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 9:01 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 AEROCUBE 7
TLE line 1: 1 40966U 15058C 25248.87597651 .00009403 00000-0 75985-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 40966 64.7638 53.4319 0143218 171.3382 189.0256 14.92550213323472
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite AEROCUBE 7.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
AEROCUBE 7 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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