SHIELDS 1

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite SHIELDS 1 at a glance.

Uptime

2284

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.5

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

85.0

Latest

Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for SHIELDS 1.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: SHIELDS 1

International designator: 2018-104B

Object number (NORAD): 43850

Object ID (CCSDS): 43850

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 92.647 minutes

Inclination: 85.012 deg

SMA: 6782.369 km

Apoapsis: 411.634 km

Periapsis: 396.834 km

RAAN: 95.4448 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0010911

Argument of periapsis: 107.7228 deg

Mean anomaly: 252.5223 deg

Mean motion: 15.5428493 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00042977 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00065379 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: March 17, 2025, 7:07 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: March 17, 2025, 1:22 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 SHIELDS 1

TLE line 1: 1 43850U 18104B 25076.55714927 .00042977 00000-0 65379-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 43850 85.0120 95.4448 0010911 107.7228 252.5223 15.54284930348378

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite SHIELDS 1.

Associated space launch

NASA's signed a Venture Class Launch Services contract with Rocket Lab to launch 10 cubesats as a part of CubeSat Launch Initiative Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) program. Cubesats are: ALBus / CeREs / CHOMPTT / Da Vinci / ISX / NMTSat / RSat-P / Shields 1 / STF 1 / CubeSail A / CubeSail B /TOMSat EagleScout / TOMSat R3 / SHFT 1

SHIELDS 1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Electron | This One's For Pickering (VCLS ELaNa XIX)’, on board a Electron space rocket.

The launch took place on Dec. 16, 2018, 6:33 a.m. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A.

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Launch to space Electron | This One's For Pickering (VCLS ELaNa XIX)
Electron | This One's For Pickering (VCLS ELaNa XIX)

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Dec. 16, 2018, 6:33 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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