Key statistics
Satellite ATLAS 5 CENTAUR DEB at a glance.
Uptime
2462
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: 812.291 minutes
Inclination: 13.1606 deg
SMA: 28838.187 km
Apoapsis: 36016.047 km
Periapsis: 8904.057 km
RAAN: 69.0689 deg
Eccentricy: 0.470071
Argument of periapsis: 241.5059 deg
Mean anomaly: 63.4865 deg
Mean motion: 1.77276364 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000129 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 12, 2025, 5:51 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 11, 2025, 9:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ATLAS 5 CENTAUR DEB
TLE line 1: 1 46847U 18079DC 25192.89556797 -.00000129 00000-0 00000-0 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 46847 13.1606 69.0689 4700710 241.5059 63.4865 1.77276364 30403
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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