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
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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: 92.647 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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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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