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SNAP-3 ALICE, 40970

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SNAP-3 ALICE, 40970 is a payload satellite owned by SMDC (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

40970, 2015-058G

Orbit

LEO

Country

US

Related business

United States Army (US)

Manufacturer

Duocomm Miltec

Mission

Operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 3U, Unknown motor

Mass

5.3 kg wet, 5.3 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-10-08 (11 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ATLAS V 401

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 8 Pan, 0.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.085 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 6 hours ago

TLE from 6 hours ago

0 SNAP-3 ALICE
1 40970U 15058G   26147.56504882  .00089157  00000-0  12642-2 0  9994
2 40970  64.7509 174.9575 0033463  22.4885 337.7716 15.55294162113671

Epoch: 2026-05-27T13:33Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-27T13:33:40.218Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

86.41761°

Altitude

382.369 km

Speed

7.693 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 39m 49s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

05:09:45

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

422.508 km

Perigee altitude

377.146 km

Semi-major axis

6,777.964 km

Eccentricity

0.00335

Inclination

64.7509°

RAAN

174.9575°

Arg. of periapsis

22.4885°

True anomaly

337.62597°

Mean anomaly

337.7716°

Eccentric anomaly

337.69884°

Mean motion

3.8895 °/min

Orbital period

92.56 mins

BSTAR

0.0012642

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

USA 264 DEB, 40981

SNAP-3 JIMI, 40975

ATLAS 5 CENTAUR R/B, 40978

SINOD-D 3, 40977

AEROCUBE 7, 40966

SNAP-3 EDDIE, 40972

SINOD-D 1, 40974

LMRST-SAT, 40971

AEROCUBE 5C, 40965

PROPCUBE 3, 40973

PROPCUBE 1, 40976

BISONSAT, 40968

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SNAP-3 ALICE 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	2026-05-28 03:35:42.867Z	206.969° SW	2026-05-28 03:38:42.867Z	57.213° ENE	42.655°	2026-05-28 03:40:42.867Z	34.987° NE

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Check out SNAP-3 ALICE, 40970 on other resources

View SNAP-3 ALICE, 40970 on NASA - NSSDCA Website

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