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AEROCUBE 18B
CubeSat Technology Demonstrator · The Aerospace Corporation
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Companion satellite to AeroCube-18A, continuing The Aerospace Corporation's tradition of flying paired or small-formation CubeSats to validate technologies that require more than one spacecraft to properly test — whether formation flying, comparative experiments, or distributed sensing techniques that inform the design of future operational defense and civil space systems.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 305–309 mi (490–498 km)
- Inclination
- 97.4°
- One orbit
- 94.3 minutes15.3 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 63222
- Int’l designator
- 2025-052N
- Launched
- 2025
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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