SNAP 1

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite SNAP 1 at a glance.

Uptime

9195

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.7

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

97.7

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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: 97.703 minutes

Inclination: 97.7354 deg

SMA: 7026.931 km

Apoapsis: 656.894 km

Periapsis: 640.698 km

RAAN: 237.3229 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00115238

Argument of periapsis: 119.6821 deg

Mean anomaly: 240.5536 deg

Mean motion: 14.73853257 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001998 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00031201511 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 10:27 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 SNAP 1

TLE line 1: 1 26386U 00033C 25242.93557535 .00001998 00000-0 31202-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 26386 97.7354 237.3229 0011524 119.6821 240.5536 14.73853257605686

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite SNAP 1.

In-orbit conjunctions

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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).

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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

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