Key statistics
Satellite AUREOLE 2 at a glance.
Uptime
18881
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for AUREOLE 2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: AUREOLE 2
International designator: 1973-107A
Object number (NORAD): 7003
Object ID (CCSDS): 7003
Country: FRANCE (FR)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 93.589 minutes
Inclination: 73.9026 deg
SMA: 6828.268 km
Apoapsis: 571.47 km
Periapsis: 328.796 km
RAAN: 93.2195 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01776984
Argument of periapsis: 103.9132 deg
Mean anomaly: 258.191 deg
Mean motion: 15.38639655 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00043607 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00065241644 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 3:05 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 AUREOLE 2
TLE line 1: 1 07003U 73107A 25247.12875613 .00043607 00000-0 65242-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 07003 73.9026 93.2195 0177698 103.9132 258.1910 15.38639655660048
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite AUREOLE 2.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object AUREOLE 2.
Associated space launch
Joint Soviet-French scientific satellite dedicated to the Earth's upper atmosphere at high latitudes.
AUREOLE 2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Aureole 2’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 26, 1973, 4:30 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Aureole 2
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 26, 1973, 4:30 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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