Key statistics
Satellite ATLAS 5 CENTAUR DEB at a glance.
Uptime
2456
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.7
Per day
Orbit
OTHER
Other
Inclination
12.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for ATLAS 5 CENTAUR DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: ATLAS 5 CENTAUR DEB
International designator: 2018-079BV
Object number (NORAD): 45473
Object ID (CCSDS): 45473
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
Orbital parameters
Period: 844.072 minutes
Inclination: 12.134 deg
SMA: 29585.557 km
Apoapsis: 36723.413 km
Periapsis: 9691.432 km
RAAN: 93.5856 deg
Eccentricy: 0.4568442
Argument of periapsis: 192.5602 deg
Mean anomaly: 150.3409 deg
Mean motion: 1.70601612 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000129 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 2, 2025, 5:47 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 1, 2025, 9:05 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ATLAS 5 CENTAUR DEB
TLE line 1: 1 45473U 18079BV 25182.87906400 -.00000129 00000-0 00000-0 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 45473 12.1340 93.5856 4568442 192.5602 150.3409 1.70601612 35734
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ATLAS 5 CENTAUR DEB.
Associated space launch
This is the fourth satellite in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) system, which is a series of communications satellites operated by the United States Air Force Space Command. It provides global, survivable, protected communications capabilities for strategic command and tactical warfighters operating on ground, sea and air platforms.
ATLAS 5 CENTAUR DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas V 551 | AEHF-4 (USA 288)’, on board a Atlas V 551 space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 17, 2018, 4:15 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 41.
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Atlas V 551 | AEHF-4 (USA 288)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 17, 2018, 4:15 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Atlas V 551
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 41
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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