Key statistics
Satellite SS 3 at a glance.
Uptime
17316
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
63.3
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SS 3.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SS 3
International designator: 1977-112F
Object number (NORAD): 10594
Object ID (CCSDS): 10594
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.719 minutes
Inclination: 63.3259 deg
SMA: 7265.414 km
Apoapsis: 1272.92 km
Periapsis: 501.638 km
RAAN: 255.1539 deg
Eccentricy: 0.053079
Argument of periapsis: 157.0413 deg
Mean anomaly: 205.5354 deg
Mean motion: 14.01884417 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003101 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00060062 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 8:09 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SS 3
TLE line 1: 1 10594U 77112F 25125.83965500 .00003101 00000-0 60062-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 10594 63.3259 255.1539 0530790 157.0413 205.5354 14.01884417310167
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SS 3.
Associated space launch
The Parcae satellites were passive ELINT satellites. MSD satellites were dispensers of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.
SS 3 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas F/MSD | Parcae 2A,B,C & MSD 2’, on board a Atlas F/MSD space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 8, 1977, 5:45 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 3W.
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Atlas F/MSD | Parcae 2A,B,C & MSD 2
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 8, 1977, 5:45 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Atlas F/MSD
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3W
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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