Satellite · NORAD 63222 · COSPAR 2025-052N
AEROCUBE 18B
- Operator United States
- Constellation —
- Country United States
Altitude now
517.2km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.60km/s
Inclination
97.38°
Period
94.4 min
94.4 min
Perigee
487km
Apogee
493km
orbit agingOrbit updated 10 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 03:48 UTC (16.9 h old)· Metadata updated 10 h ago
Live position
Ground track & current position
Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.
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- Latitude
- 72.915° S
- Longitude
- 1.580° E
- Altitude
- 517.2 km
- Velocity
- 7.604 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 03:48 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 15 Mar 2025
- COSPAR launch id
- 2025-052
Objects from the same launch · 40+
- JINJUSAT-1B63210PayloadActive
- NUSHSAT163211PayloadActive
- IOD-163212PayloadActive
- TEVEL2-463213PayloadActive
- TEVEL2-563214PayloadActive
- TEVEL2-663215PayloadActive
- BOTSAT-163216PayloadActive
- TEVEL2-163217PayloadActive
- TEVEL2-363218PayloadActive
- TEVEL2-263219PayloadActive
- AEROCUBE 18A63220PayloadActive
- TRANSPORTER-13 OBJECT M63221PayloadActive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → US | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → US | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Orbit Class | ∅ → LEO | Celestrak | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
Regulatory
UN registration
Transparency
Sources & provenance
CelesTrakcommunity
Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).
last sync 10 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 10 h ago
Field provenance
| Field | Source | Observed | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical Name | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Decay Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Launch Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Object Type | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Orbital Elements | CelesTrak | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
Quality flags
- UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026
Timeline
Events
No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.
Reference
Identifiers
- NORAD catalogue number
- 63222
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2025-052N
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SYBRH96E2K2CJYR5VQ2
- Canonical slug
- aerocube-18b-63222
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Unknown) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.