Satellite · NORAD 6315 · COSPAR 1972-100A
AEROS (GRS-B)
- Operator Germany
- Constellation —
- Country Germany
Altitude now
—
object decayed
Velocity
—
Inclination
96.92°
Period
88.0 min
88.0 min
Perigee
143km
Apogee
207km
orbit unavailableNo orbital element set on file — decayed 22 Aug 1973.· Metadata updated 9 h ago
Live position
Live position
Live position unavailable — this object re-entered the atmosphere on 22 Aug 1973 and is no longer tracked.
Mission
Mission & classification
- Mission type derived
- Unknown
- Object type
- Payload
- SATCAT ops status
- Decayed [D]
- Radar cross-section
- —
CelesTrak groups
Not listed in any CelesTrak group.
Aliases
- AEROS (GRS-B)Celestrak Satcat
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- GER · Germany
- Country
- Germany DE
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 16 Dec 1972
- COSPAR launch id
- 1972-100
Objects from the same launch · 1
- SCOUT D-1 R/B6316Rocket bodyDecayed
Change log
History
No changes recorded since first ingestion on 11 Sept 2026 18:54 UTC. Status, orbit class, name and ownership changes are logged here as sources are re-ingested.
Regulatory
UN registration
Transparency
Sources & provenance
No source is linked to this record yet — the catalogue row exists but no provenance entry has been written for it.
Field provenance
No field-level provenance recorded.
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
- 6315
- COSPAR / international designator
- 1972-100A
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X3JKCHWZSMKS978TWAP4X
- Canonical slug
- aeros-grs-b-6315
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.