Launch Details

Launched	29 June 2021
Flight ended	–
Status	Operational
Category	Active satellites
Launch site	Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA
Owner	United States
NORAD ID	48956
COSPAR ID	2021-059CF
Alternative names	AURORA
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	97.669°
Eccentricity	0.00046
RA ascending node	5.574 hr
Argument perigee	215.784°
Mean anomaly	144.312°
Orbital period	90.707 min
Epoch of osculation	14 Sep 2025, 23:04

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	313.3 km
Mean Altitude	316.4 km
Peak Altitude	319.4 km

Launched alongside

STARLINK-3003 STARLINK-3004 STARLINK-3005 SPACEBEENZ-10 SPACEBEE-100 SPACEBEE-101 LEMUR-2-JACKSON SPACEBEE-102 SPACEBEENZ-9 SPACEBEE-103 SPACEBEENZ-7 SPACEBEE-104 SPACEBEENZ-8 TYVAK-0173 SPACEBEE-106 SPACEBEE-107 SPACEBEE-108 SPACEBEE-105 SPACEBEE-109 CENTAURI-4 SPACEBEE-110 TUBIN TROPICS PATHFINDER LINCS1 LINCS2 SPACEBEE-111 NUSAT-19 UMBRA-2001 MANDRAKE 2 ABLE MANDRAKE 2 BAKER PACE-1 GNOMES-2 YAM-2 ION SCV-003 CAPELLA-5-WHITNEY ICEYE-X12 YAM-3 ICEYE-X13 ICEYE-X15 ICEYE-X11 NUSAT-22 NUSAT-21 NUSAT-20 D2/ATLACOM-1 LEMUR-2-ANNABANANA FARADAY_PHOENIX LEMUR-2-JOHN-TREIRES KSF1-B LEMUR-2-AC-CUBED PAINANI-2 LEMUR-2-MERIMA KSF1-A HAWK-3B SPACEBEE-92 SPACEBEE-89 SPACEBEE-96 SPACEBEE-88 SPACEBEE-99 SPACEBEE-94 SHANNON SPACEBEE-93 SPACEBEE-91 SHERPA-LTE1 KSF1-C QMR-KWT AYAN-21 SPACEBEE-95 SPACEBEE-97 SPACEBEE-90 HAWK-3C SPACEBEE-98 KSF1-D DEMO8 ASTROCAST-0204 ARTHUR-1 ASTROCAST-0201 ASTROCAST-0203 HAWK-3A SHERPA-FX2 & TAGSAT-2 LEMUR-2-CARLSANTAMARI ASTROCAST-0205 ASTROCAST-0202 GHALIB NAPA-2 SPARTAN W-CUBE NEPT-1