SNAP 1

Satellite information

Favourite Embed

Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite SNAP 1 at a glance.

Uptime

9300

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.7

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

97.7

Latest

Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for SNAP 1.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: SNAP 1

International designator: 2000-033C

Object number (NORAD): 26386

Object ID (CCSDS): 26386

Country: UNITED KINGDOM (UK)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 97.672 minutes

Inclination: 97.7426 deg

SMA: 7025.418 km

Apoapsis: 654.943 km

Periapsis: 639.622 km

RAAN: 337.2111 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00109041

Argument of periapsis: 139.758 deg

Mean anomaly: 220.4439 deg

Mean motion: 14.74329437 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00002066 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00031880412 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 12:55 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 SNAP 1

TLE line 1: 1 26386U 00033C 25347.53831114 .00002066 00000-0 31880-3 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 26386 97.7426 337.2111 0010904 139.7580 220.4439 14.74329437621093

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite SNAP 1.

In-orbit conjunctions

There are no conjunctions computed for SNAP 1, at the moment. Check back to stay up to date, as we update our databases every day.

Go to all conjunctions

Associated space launch

Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus

SNAP 1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Nadezhda 9’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on June 28, 2000, 10:37 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).

For more information about the launch, click the button.

Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Nadezhda 9
Kosmos-3M | Nadezhda 9

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: June 28, 2000, 10:37 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

...

Latest news about this satellite

There are no fresh news available about this satellite. Check back as we update our databases every day.


Newsletter sign-up

Weekly statistics, charts and insights to help you stay on top of the space industry.