Key statistics
Satellite ATLAS 5 CENTAUR DEB at a glance.
Uptime
2402
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.7
Per day
Orbit
OTHER
Other
Inclination
12.2
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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: 2018-079EU
Object number (NORAD): 49343
Object ID (CCSDS): 49343
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 824.519 minutes
Inclination: 12.2441 deg
SMA: 29126.873 km
Apoapsis: 36157.719 km
Periapsis: 9339.757 km
RAAN: 90.9505 deg
Eccentricy: 0.4603646
Argument of periapsis: 203.9155 deg
Mean anomaly: 125.1741 deg
Mean motion: 1.74647341 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000064 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 14, 2025, 5:20 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 13, 2025, 11:46 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ATLAS 5 CENTAUR DEB
TLE line 1: 1 49343U 18079EU 25133.99038357 -.00000064 00000-0 00000-0 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 49343 12.2441 90.9505 4603646 203.9155 125.1741 1.74647341 23655
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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