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BISONSAT, 40968

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BISONSAT, 40968 is a payload satellite owned by Salish Kootenai (US) in LEO that was launched on Thu, 08 Oct 2015 UTC via an ATLAS V 401 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

40968, 2015-058E

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

12 hours ago

Origin

Salish Kootenai College (US)

Manufacturer

Salish Kootenai

Mission

Operational Amateur Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 1U, Unknown motor

Mass

1 kg wet, 1 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-10-08 (10 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ATLAS V 401

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.015 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 BISONSAT
1 40968U 15058E   25182.66808066  .00004626  00000-0  38242-3 0  9994
2 40968  64.7760 273.4739 0147498 187.3205 172.5757 14.92052881 64298

Epoch: 2025-07-01T16:02Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-01T16:02:02.169Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

113.00462°

Altitude

695.519 km

Speed

7.454 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 13m 53s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-8.29909°

Longitude

-64.64666°

Altitude

492.226 km

Speed

7.675 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 19m 26s

Apparent Declination

-24° 33' 35"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:49:42

Azimuth

302.442° NW

Elevation

-65.713°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

692.881 km

Perigee altitude

487.321 km

Semi-major axis

6,968.238 km

Eccentricity

0.01475

Inclination

64.776°

RAAN

273.4739°

Arg. of periapsis

187.3205°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

172.5757°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.73129 °/min

Orbital period

96.48 mins

BSTAR

0.00038242

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Other satellites on launch #58 in the year 2015 (2015-10-08 UTC)

ATLAS 5 CENTAUR R/B, 40978

BISONSAT Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
6 mins	2025-07-02 06:38:20.753Z	149.901° SSE	2025-07-02 06:41:20.753Z	110.371° ESE	16.975°	2025-07-02 06:44:20.753Z	69.957° E
7 mins	2025-07-02 08:17:20.753Z	234.345° WSW	2025-07-02 08:20:20.753Z	306.276° NW	39.152°	2025-07-02 08:24:20.753Z	21.365° NNE
6 mins	2025-07-02 16:43:20.753Z	327.392° NNW	2025-07-02 16:46:20.753Z	256.631° W	44.963°	2025-07-02 16:49:20.753Z	150.533° SSE

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