Key statistics
Satellite ATLAS 5 CENTAUR DEB at a glance.
Uptime
2615
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.8
Per day
Orbit
OTHER
Other
Inclination
13.4
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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: 812.268 minutes
Inclination: 13.367 deg
SMA: 28837.64 km
Apoapsis: 36031.186 km
Periapsis: 8887.823 km
RAAN: 56.8059 deg
Eccentricy: 0.47062387
Argument of periapsis: 265.6978 deg
Mean anomaly: 41.158 deg
Mean motion: 1.7728141 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000092 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 10:06 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ATLAS 5 CENTAUR DEB
TLE line 1: 1 46847U 18079DC 25347.42111302 -.00000092 00000-0 00000-0 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 46847 13.3670 56.8059 4706239 265.6978 41.1580 1.77281410 33149
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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