Payload
AEROCUBE 16B
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 59291
AEROCUBE 16B is a United States payload satellite, launched on March 21, 2024 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- March 21, 2024 at 07:25 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Wallops Island, USA
- Launched by
- Electron →
- Operator
- Rocket Lab
- Mission
- Live and Let Fly (NROL-123)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 437 km
- Periapsis
- 433 km
- Inclination
- 49.99°
- Orbital period
- 93.29 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 10 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.3 × 0.2 × 0.1 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2024-053D
- NORAD catalog №
- 59291
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational
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