STF-1

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADDECAYED

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

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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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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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