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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

Country

Related business

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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Last TLE update: 19 hours ago

TLE from 19 hours ago

0 BISONSAT
1 40968U 15058E   26057.13383462  .00004832  00000-0  39871-3 0  9994
2 40968  64.7738 246.4303 0117858  98.0062 263.4445 14.94889130100052

Epoch: 2026-02-26T03:12Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-26T03:12:43.311Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

42.2608°

Altitude

595.048 km

Speed

7.557 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 25m 43s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

01:50:23

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

663.304 km

Perigee altitude

499.259 km

Semi-major axis

6,959.418 km

Eccentricity

0.01179

Inclination

64.7738°

RAAN

246.4303°

Arg. of periapsis

98.0062°

True anomaly

262.10515°

Mean anomaly

263.4445°

Eccentric anomaly

262.77459°

Mean motion

3.73838 °/min

Orbital period

96.3 mins

BSTAR

0.00039871

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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.
7 mins	2026-02-26 23:00:45.175Z	335.434° NNW	2026-02-26 23:03:45.175Z	42.545° NE	42.205°	2026-02-26 23:07:45.175Z	139.866° SSE
4 mins	2026-02-27 13:04:45.175Z	137.912° SSE	2026-02-27 13:05:45.175Z	120.676° SE	16.318°	2026-02-27 13:08:45.175Z	70.839° E
5 mins	2026-02-27 14:42:45.175Z	248.978° W	2026-02-27 14:44:45.175Z	296.218° NW	31.263°	2026-02-27 14:47:45.175Z	9.924° NNE

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BISONSAT, 40968

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 19 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-26T03:12:43.311Z)

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Orbital elements

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

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