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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

Last TLE update

11 hours ago

Origin

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 (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 + 8 Pan, 0.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.085 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 SNAP-3 ALICE
1 40970U 15058G   25133.89029435  .00019388  00000-0  82017-3 0  9993
2 40970  64.7675 351.7787 0091976 203.4398 156.2525 15.19443180 55615

Epoch: 2025-05-13T21:22Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-13T21:22:01.431Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

159.39019°

Altitude

567.623 km

Speed

7.546 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 27m 06s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-58.85716°

Longitude

28.81711°

Altitude

486.125 km

Speed

7.645 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

07h 13m 28s

Apparent Declination

-77° 10' 42"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:25:23

Azimuth

193.027° SSW

Elevation

-48.774°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

569.39 km

Perigee altitude

442.754 km

Semi-major axis

6,884.209 km

Eccentricity

0.0091976

Inclination

64.7675°

RAAN

351.7787°

Arg. of periapsis

203.4398°

True anomaly

156.67251°

Mean anomaly

156.2525°

Eccentric anomaly

156.46295°

Mean motion

3.79981 °/min

BSTAR

0.00082017

Orbital period

94.74 mins

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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.
6 mins	2025-05-14 16:29:35.774Z	227.025° WSW	2025-05-14 16:31:35.774Z	286.193° WNW	42.383°	2025-05-14 16:35:35.774Z	26.022° NE
5 mins	2025-05-15 00:46:35.774Z	348.179° N	2025-05-15 00:48:35.774Z	60.375° ENE	38.35°	2025-05-15 00:51:35.774Z	131.151° SE

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