Key statistics
Satellite ATLAS 5 CENTAUR DEB at a glance.
Uptime
2521
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.8
Per day
Orbit
OTHER
Other
Inclination
13.2
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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: 2018-079DC
Object number (NORAD): 46847
Object ID (CCSDS): 46847
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 812.283 minutes
Inclination: 13.2291 deg
SMA: 28837.997 km
Apoapsis: 36002.686 km
Periapsis: 8917.039 km
RAAN: 65.2685 deg
Eccentricy: 0.46961734
Argument of periapsis: 248.9224 deg
Mean anomaly: 55.7866 deg
Mean motion: 1.7727811 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000145 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 29, 2025, 2:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 28, 2025, 6:25 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ATLAS 5 CENTAUR DEB
TLE line 1: 1 46847U 18079DC 25240.26765953 -.00000145 00000-0 00000-0 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 46847 13.2291 65.2685 4696173 248.9224 55.7866 1.77278110 31249
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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