OBJECT K

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

UNKNOWNDECAYED

Key statistics

Satellite OBJECT K at a glance.

Uptime

2025

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 OBJECT K.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: OBJECT K

International designator: 2018-104K

Object number (NORAD): 43858

Object ID (CCSDS): 43858

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Decay date: July 2, 2024

Period: 92.572 minutes

Inclination: 85.0198 deg

SMA: 6778.706 km

Apoapsis: 407.658 km

Periapsis: 393.484 km

RAAN: 3.4552 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0010455

Argument of periapsis: 140.1729 deg

Mean anomaly: 220.03 deg

Mean motion: 15.55544872 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00075796 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0010977 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Feb. 12, 2024, 3:07 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Feb. 11, 2024, 10:03 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT K

TLE line 1: 1 43858U 18104K 24042.91907616 .00075796 00000-0 10977-2 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 43858 85.0198 3.4552 0010455 140.1729 220.0300 15.55544872287324

Live tracking on map

Satellite OBJECT K 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

OBJECT K 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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