Key statistics
Satellite AUREOLE 2 at a glance.
Uptime
18821
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: 93.774 minutes
Inclination: 73.9044 deg
SMA: 6837.255 km
Apoapsis: 588.948 km
Periapsis: 329.292 km
RAAN: 222.4378 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0189883
Argument of periapsis: 247.5806 deg
Mean anomaly: 110.5189 deg
Mean motion: 15.35607118 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00018927 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00029784 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 1:32 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 AUREOLE 2
TLE line 1: 1 07003U 73107A 25187.56452226 .00018927 00000-0 29784-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 07003 73.9044 222.4378 0189883 247.5806 110.5189 15.35607118650896
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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