AEROCUBE 16A

NORAD 59290· COSPAR 2024-053C· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· LEO

Launch

Launched on Mar 21, 2024 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C), United States of America aboard a Electron.

Electron | Live and Let Fly (NROL-123) →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:17 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Mar 21, 2024

Mass

—

Apogee

438 km

Perigee

434 km

Inclination

49.99°

Period

1.55 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for AEROCUBE 16A across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-1.1 km

Rate

-0.08 km/day

Now

434 × 438 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 2024-053 (Electron | Live and Let Fly (NROL-123)).

MOLA · 59289
AEROCUBE 16B · 59291

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