PROXIMA II

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADDECAYED

Key statistics

Satellite PROXIMA II at a glance.

Uptime

2017

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.6

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

85.0

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for PROXIMA II.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: PROXIMA II

International designator: 2018-088G

Object number (NORAD): 43696

Object ID (CCSDS): 43696

Country: AUSTRALIA (AUS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Decay date: May 20, 2024

Period: 92.229 minutes

Inclination: 85.0102 deg

SMA: 6761.944 km

Apoapsis: 389.719 km

Periapsis: 377.899 km

RAAN: 262.9528 deg

Eccentricy: 0.000874

Argument of periapsis: 17.3551 deg

Mean anomaly: 342.8009 deg

Mean motion: 15.61332568 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0009107 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0010605 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Feb. 12, 2024, 3:07 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Feb. 11, 2024, 10:18 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 PROXIMA II

TLE line 1: 1 43696U 18088G 24042.92964607 .00091070 00000-0 10605-2 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 43696 85.0102 262.9528 0008740 17.3551 342.8009 15.61332568292853

Live tracking on map

Satellite PROXIMA II 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 II 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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Launch to space Electron | It's Business Time (Rideshare)
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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