Key statistics
Satellite AUREOLE 2 at a glance.
Uptime
18932
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
73.9
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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: 93.318 minutes
Inclination: 73.9027 deg
SMA: 6815.055 km
Apoapsis: 551.146 km
Periapsis: 322.695 km
RAAN: 340.1379 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01676077
Argument of periapsis: 337.0202 deg
Mean anomaly: 22.3564 deg
Mean motion: 15.43116392 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00044584 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00059159644 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 26, 2025, 2:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 25, 2025, 10:37 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 AUREOLE 2
TLE line 1: 1 07003U 73107A 25298.94236662 .00044584 00000-0 59160-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 07003 73.9027 340.1379 0167608 337.0202 22.3564 15.43116392668021
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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