AEROCUBE 7

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite AEROCUBE 7 at a glance.

Uptime

3720

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: 96.387 minutes

Inclination: 64.7628 deg

SMA: 6963.662 km

Apoapsis: 674.641 km

Periapsis: 496.414 km

RAAN: 105.187 deg

Eccentricy: 0.01279695

Argument of periapsis: 135.4225 deg

Mean anomaly: 225.7268 deg

Mean motion: 14.93984894 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00007072 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00057627776 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, 3:47 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 AEROCUBE 7

TLE line 1: 1 40966U 15058C 25347.65826143 .00007072 00000-0 57628-3 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 40966 64.7628 105.1870 0127969 135.4225 225.7268 14.93984894338227

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite AEROCUBE 7.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated 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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Launch to space Atlas V 401 | NROL-55 (Multipayload mission)
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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