Key statistics
Satellite PROXIMA I at a glance.
Uptime
2015
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
85.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for PROXIMA I.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: PROXIMA I
International designator: 2018-088E
Object number (NORAD): 43694
Object ID (CCSDS): 43694
Country: AUSTRALIA (AUS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Decay date: May 18, 2024
Period: 92.201 minutes
Inclination: 85.0117 deg
SMA: 6760.599 km
Apoapsis: 388.589 km
Periapsis: 376.34 km
RAAN: 263.0514 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0009059
Argument of periapsis: 20.3433 deg
Mean anomaly: 339.8189 deg
Mean motion: 15.61798354 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00105164 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0012008 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Feb. 11, 2024, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Feb. 11, 2024, 2:56 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PROXIMA I
TLE line 1: 1 43694U 18088E 24042.62226375 .00105164 00000-0 12008-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 43694 85.0117 263.0514 0009059 20.3433 339.8189 15.61798354292811
Live tracking on map
Satellite PROXIMA I has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.
Associated space launch
Electron's first commercial launch will feature two Lemur-2 cubesats for Spire Global, a single cubesat for GeoOptics, a NABEO drag sail demonstrator for High Performance Space Structure Systems, an IRVINE01 cubesat from the Irvine CubeSat STEM Program, and two Proxima cubesats from Fleet Space Technologies.
PROXIMA I was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Electron | It's Business Time (Rideshare)’, on board a Electron space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 11, 2018, 3:50 a.m. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A.
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Electron | It's Business Time (Rideshare)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 11, 2018, 3:50 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Electron
Launch pad: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A
Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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