AURA is a payload in SSO orbit, operated by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, launched 2004.
| Orbit class | SSO |
| Inclination | 98.3426° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0001218 |
| Period | 98.5 min |
| Apogee | 690 km |
| Perigee | 688 km |
| Mean motion | 14.61359719 rev/day |
| RAAN | 144.8050° |
| Arg of perigee | 89.6842° |
| Mean anomaly | 270.4497° |
| B* | 1.4804e-4 |
| Rev at epoch | 16,913 |
1 28376U 04026A 26188.18495640 .00000684 00000-0 14804-3 0 99982 28376 98.3426 144.8050 0001218 89.6842 270.4497 14.61359719169130{
"OBJECT_NAME": "AURA",
"OBJECT_ID": "2004-026A",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-07T04:26:20.233+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 14.61359719,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.0001218,
"INCLINATION": 98.3426,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 144.805,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 89.6842,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 270.4497,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 28376,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 16913,
"BSTAR": 0.00014804,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00000684,
"MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.
| Name | AURA |
| Operator | NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree |
| Country | United States |
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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.
| Mission purpose | — |
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