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
Latest
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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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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