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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

16 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 16 hours ago

0 BISONSAT
1 40968U 15058E   25170.40182170  .00005694  00000-0  46604-3 0  9991
2 40968  64.7767 311.6586 0149380 191.3278 168.4462 14.91937638 62462

Epoch: 2025-06-19T09:38Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-19T09:38:37.394Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

-100.86727°

Altitude

695.983 km

Speed

7.454 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 46m 38s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-0.63841°

Longitude

-103.25153°

Altitude

695.859 km

Speed

7.454 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

22h 13m 14s

Apparent Declination

-21° 42' 29"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:37:19

Azimuth

70.037° E

Elevation

-54.456°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

694.557 km

Perigee altitude

486.363 km

Semi-major axis

6,968.597 km

Eccentricity

0.01494

Inclination

64.7767°

RAAN

311.6586°

Arg. of periapsis

191.3278°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

168.4462°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.731 °/min

Orbital period

96.49 mins

BSTAR

0.00046604

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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.
5 mins	2025-06-20 09:54:40.694Z	145.568° SSE	2025-06-20 09:57:40.694Z	102.531° ESE	17.339°	2025-06-20 09:59:40.694Z	74.886° E
8 mins	2025-06-20 11:32:40.694Z	232.533° WSW	2025-06-20 11:36:40.694Z	328.975° NNW	37.703°	2025-06-20 11:40:40.694Z	22.528° NE
6 mins	2025-06-20 19:59:40.694Z	326.194° NNW	2025-06-20 20:02:40.694Z	166.913° S	43.491°	2025-06-20 20:05:40.694Z	151.723° SSE

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