Key statistics
Satellite SHIELDS 1 at a glance.
Uptime
2422
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 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: 92.056 minutes
Inclination: 85.015 deg
SMA: 6753.498 km
Apoapsis: 378.288 km
Periapsis: 372.437 km
RAAN: 358.5397 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0004332
Argument of periapsis: 299.2977 deg
Mean anomaly: 60.7855 deg
Mean motion: 15.64262428 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00038326 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000401 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 2, 2025, 5:53 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 2, 2025, 10:11 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SHIELDS 1
TLE line 1: 1 43850U 18104B 25214.42446012 .00038326 00000-0 40100-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 43850 85.0150 358.5397 0004332 299.2977 60.7855 15.64262428369861
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Real-time ground track for satellite SHIELDS 1.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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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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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