Aura
COSPAR 2004-026A · NORAD 28376
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Mission
- Agency
- NASA
- Launch date
- 2004-07-15
- Status (SATCAT)
- operational
- Launch site code
- AFWTR
- Owner code
- US
- COSPAR ID
- 2004-026A
- NORAD ID
- 28,376
Source:NASA Science · checked 2026-11-02 ↗CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Orbit
- Period
- 98.53 min
- Inclination
- 98.36°
- Apogee
- 689 km
- Perigee
- 688 km
- Orbit center code
- EA
Source:CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
In everyday life
- It circles Earth every 99 minutes — about 14.6 orbits a day (CelesTrak).
- Someone born in its launch year (2004) turns 22 this year.
Worked out from this object's official values.