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AeroCube
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This page contains philatelic information on AeroCube-series satellites. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.

Launch information
(found elsewhere)
Launch covers
(including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers)
(farther below)
Other postal items
(stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.)
(immediately below)
AeroCube
(Aerospace Corporation)
AeroCube
(Aerospace Corporation)
AeroCube
(Aerospace Corporation)


Below is a list of AeroCube-series satellite postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).

CountryCatalog NumberType of ItemYear of IssueNotes on Content
AeroCube (Aerospace Corporation)
No (non-launch cover) postal items found


Below is a list of AeroCube-series satellite launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).

CountryCancel DateCancel LocationType of ItemNotes on Content
AeroCube (Aerospace Corporation)
2013-12-06: AeroCube-5A/5B (and NROL-39 and others)
United States2013-12-05Vandenberg AFB, CA(Lollini) cachet on coverAeroCube-5A/5B launch
2014-06-19: AeroCube-6A/6B (and CanX-3E/3F and Flock-1c-1/11 and KazEOSat-2 and Lemur-1 and OSCAR-79/80 and others)
No launch cover images available yet
2015-10-08: AeroCube-5C/7A (and NROL-55 / NOSS-3-7B/7C and OSCAR-85 / Fox-1A and others)
United States2015-10-08Vandenberg AFB, CA(Multi-color printed) cachet on coverAeroCube-5C/7A launch
United States2015-10-08Vandenberg AFB, CA(Lollini) cachet on coverAeroCube-5C/7A launch
AeroCube-7B/7C (pre-launch events) (with Cygnus-CRS-8 and Lemur-2-50/57 and TechEdSat-6 and others)
Finland2017-11-11Kerava(SVP) cachet on coverCygnus-CRS-8 pre-launch: "scrubbed" (with AeroCube-7B/7C and others)
2017-11-12 (launched to ISS) [with Cygnus-CRS-8]
2017-? (deployed from ISS): AeroCube-7B/7C (and Lemur-2-50/57 and TechEdSat-6 and others)
Finland2017-11-12Kerava(SVP) cachet on coverCygnus-CRS-8 launch (with AeroCube-7B/7C and others)
Germany2017-11-12?(Orbital ATK) cachet on coverCygnus-CRS-8 launch (with AeroCube-7B/7C and others)
United States2017-11-12Wallops Island VA(Multi-color printed) cachet on coverCygnus-CRS-8 launch (with AeroCube-7B/7C and others)
Finland2017-11-14Kerava(SVP) cachet on coverCygnus-CRS-8 docking with the ISS (with AeroCube-7B/7C and others)
United States2017-11-14Wallops Island VA(Multi-color printed) cachet on coverCygnus-CRS-8 docking with the ISS (with AeroCube-7B/7C and others)
United States2017-11-14Houston TX(ISS Mission Control Station) cancel and (Lollini) cachet on coverCygnus-CRS-8 docking with the ISS (with AeroCube-7B/7C and others)
United States2017-12-04Wallops Island VA(Multi-color printed) cachet on coverCygnus-CRS-8 un-docking from the ISS
United States2017-12-06Wallops Island VA(Multi-color printed) cachet on coverCygnus-CRS-8 release/departure
United States2017-12-18Wallops Island VA(Multi-color printed) cachet on coverCygnus-CRS-8 de-orbit
2015-05-20: AeroCube-8A/8B (and OSCAR-83/84 and LightSail-1 and others, deployed by X-37B_OTV-4)
United States2015-05-20Cape Canaveral FL(Lollini) cachet on coverX-37B_OTV-4 launch (deployed AeroCube-8A/8B and others)
United States2015-05-20Cape Canaveral FL(Sarmiento) cachet on coverX-37B_OTV-4 launch (deployed AeroCube-8A/8B and others)
United States2015-05-20Cape Canaveral FL(Multi-color printed) cachet on coverX-37B_OTV-4 launch (deployed AeroCube-8A/8B and others)
United States2017-05-07Kennedy Space Center FL(Lollini) cachet on coverX-37B_OTV-4 landing
United States2017-05-07Kennedy Space Center FL(Multi-color printed) cachet on coverX-37B_OTV-4 landing
2016-11-11: AeroCube-8C/8D (and WorldView-4 / formerly GeoEye-2 and others)
No launch cover images available yet
2018-05-21 (launched to ISS) [with Cygnus-CRS-9]
2018-07-13 (deployed from ISS): AeroCube-12A/12B (and TEMPEST-D and Lemur-2-78/81 and others)
United States2018-05-21Wallops Island VA(Lollini) cachet on coverCygnus-CRS-9 launch (with AeroCube-12A/12B and others)
United States2018-05-24Houston TX(ISS Mission Control Station) cancel and (Lollini) cachet (different) on coverCygnus-CRS-9 docking with the ISS (with AeroCube-12A/12B and others)
2019-04-17 (launched to ISS) [with Cygnus-CRS-11]
2019-? (deployed from ISS): AeroCube-10A/10B (and others)
United States2019-04-17Wallops Island VA(Lollini) cachet on coverCygnus-CRS-11 launch (with AeroCube-10A/10B and others)
2019-11-02 (launched to ISS) [with Cygnus-CRS-12]
2020-01-28 (deployed from ISS): AeroCube-14A/14B/15A/15B (and STPSat-4 and OSCAR-107 and others)
United States2019-11-02Wallops Island VA(Ranski) cachet on coverCygnus-CRS-12 launch (with AeroCube-14A/14B/15A/15B and others)
United States2020-01-28Houston TX(ISS Mission Control Station) cancel and (Red Eagle) cachet on coverSTPSat-4 deployed from the ISS
United States2020-01-31Houston TX(ISS Mission Control Station) cancel and (Red Eagle) cachet on coverCygnus-CRS-12 un-docking from the ISS and deploying 4 other sub-satellites
2024-03-21: AeroCube-16A/16B (and NROL-123 and Mola)
United States2024-03-21Wallops Island VA(Galactic Space Covers) cachet on cover, also backAeroCube-16A/16B launch
United States2024-03-21Wallops Island VA(Lollini) cachet on coverAeroCube-16A/16B launch


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