Key statistics
Satellite AEROCUBE 7 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 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: 96.512 minutes
Inclination: 64.7635 deg
SMA: 6969.719 km
Apoapsis: 697.969 km
Periapsis: 485.199 km
RAAN: 247.6163 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0152639
Argument of periapsis: 192.134 deg
Mean anomaly: 167.6082 deg
Mean motion: 14.9203796 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003727 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0003067 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, 1:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 AEROCUBE 7
TLE line 1: 1 40966U 15058C 25186.54924478 .00003727 00000-0 30670-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 40966 64.7635 247.6163 0152639 192.1340 167.6082 14.92037960314170
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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