Key statistics
Satellite STF-1 at a glance.
Uptime
1893
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 16.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
85.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for STF-1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: STF-1
International designator: 2018-104D
Object number (NORAD): 43852
Object ID (CCSDS): 43852
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Decay date: Feb. 21, 2024
Period: 90.007 minutes
Inclination: 85.0012 deg
SMA: 6652.902 km
Apoapsis: 283.06 km
Periapsis: 266.474 km
RAAN: 359.1308 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0012465
Argument of periapsis: 128.7157 deg
Mean anomaly: 231.5243 deg
Mean motion: 15.99875015 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00862807 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0017106 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Feb. 11, 2024, 10:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Feb. 11, 2024, 9:14 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 STF-1
TLE line 1: 1 43852U 18104D 24042.88499983 .00862807 35082-3 17106-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 43852 85.0012 359.1308 0012465 128.7157 231.5243 15.99875015287735
Live tracking on map
Satellite STF-1 has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.
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
STF-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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