Launch Details

Launched	29 June 2021
Flight ended	15 October 2025
Status	Decayed
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	97.647°
Eccentricity	0.00115
RA ascending node	7.963 hr
Argument perigee	257.745°
Mean anomaly	102.256°
Orbital period	87.263 min
Epoch of osculation	16 Oct 2025, 04:59

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	138.5 km
Mean Altitude	146.0 km
Peak Altitude	153.5 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