Key statistics
Satellite ATLAS 5 CENTAUR DEB at a glance.
Uptime
2519
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.7
Per day
Orbit
OTHER
Other
Inclination
12.3
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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: 844.001 minutes
Inclination: 12.3145 deg
SMA: 29583.895 km
Apoapsis: 36703.962 km
Periapsis: 9707.558 km
RAAN: 88.5524 deg
Eccentricy: 0.45626859
Argument of periapsis: 202.2631 deg
Mean anomaly: 129.1869 deg
Mean motion: 1.70615989 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000053 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 10:11 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ATLAS 5 CENTAUR DEB
TLE line 1: 1 45473U 18079BV 25251.42484488 -.00000053 00000-0 00000-0 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 45473 12.3145 88.5524 4562686 202.2631 129.1869 1.70615989 36906
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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