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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

14 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 14 hours ago

0 BISONSAT
1 40968U 15058E   25128.63552621  .00003968  00000-0  32717-3 0  9993
2 40968  64.7751  81.6277 0155342 204.8055 154.5536 14.91566171 56230

Epoch: 2025-05-08T15:15Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T15:15:09.464Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-13.86492°

Altitude

693.16 km

Speed

7.457 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 26m 30s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-55.56397°

Longitude

-58.80943°

Altitude

611.779 km

Speed

7.554 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

01h 58m 03s

Apparent Declination

-48° 06' 07"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:34:54

Azimuth

204.984° SW

Elevation

-80.822°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

699.887 km

Perigee altitude

483.348 km

Semi-major axis

6,969.755 km

Eccentricity

0.0155342

Inclination

64.7751°

RAAN

81.6277°

Arg. of periapsis

204.8055°

True anomaly

155.30523°

Mean anomaly

154.5536°

Eccentric anomaly

154.93072°

Mean motion

3.73007 °/min

BSTAR

0.00032717

Orbital period

96.51 mins

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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.
4 mins	2025-05-09 06:16:14.190Z	10.18° NNE	2025-05-09 06:18:14.190Z	42.212° NE	16.566°	2025-05-09 06:20:14.190Z	75.697° E
6 mins	2025-05-09 07:55:14.190Z	312.59° NW	2025-05-09 07:58:14.190Z	227.067° WSW	37.546°	2025-05-09 08:01:14.190Z	168.963° S
7 mins	2025-05-09 21:58:14.190Z	180.919° SSW	2025-05-09 22:01:14.190Z	117.171° SE	36.312°	2025-05-09 22:05:14.190Z	46.076° ENE
6 mins	2025-05-09 23:38:14.190Z	271.344° WNW	2025-05-09 23:41:14.190Z	321.123° NNW	22.1°	2025-05-09 23:44:14.190Z	3.622° NNE

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