AEROCUBE 8C

NORAD 41853· COSPAR 2016-067F· Active satellite· CubeSats & Tech Demos· SSO

Launch

Launched on Nov 11, 2016 from Space Launch Complex 3E, United States of America aboard a Atlas V 401.

Atlas V 401 | WorldView-4 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 14:48 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Nov 11, 2016

Mass

—

Apogee

494 km

Perigee

488 km

Inclination

98.03°

Period

1.57 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for AEROCUBE 8C across 148 days of archived orbital elements (149 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-5.8 km

Rate

-0.04 km/day

Now

488 × 494 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

4 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2016-067 (Atlas V 401 | WorldView-4).

RAVAN · 41849
CELTEE 1 · 41850
OPTICUBE 04 · 41851
AEROCUBE 8D · 41852

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