AEROCUBE 4.5A
Launch
Launched on Sep 13, 2012 from Space Launch Complex 3E, United States of America aboard a Atlas V 401.
Atlas V 401 | NROL-36 (Multipayload mission) →No longer in orbit
AEROCUBE 4.5A reentered Earth's atmosphere on Jul 2, 2026. The orbit below is the last tracked element set, shown for reference — it is not a current position.
Last tracked · TLE epoch 2026-07-01 08:34 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
United States Government
Country
United States
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Sep 13, 2012
Reentered
Jul 2, 2026
Mass
—
Apogee
217 km
Perigee
194 km
Inclination
64.61°
Period
88.5 min
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for AEROCUBE 4.5A across 40 days of archived orbital elements (41 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-122.1 km
Rate
-3.05 km/day
Now
194 × 217 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
Launched with
2 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2012-048 (Atlas V 401 | NROL-36 (Multipayload mission)).
- SMDC ONE 1.2 · 38759
- CINEMA · 38764
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