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
Latest
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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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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