ALICE

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite ALICE at a glance.

Uptime

4176

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.0

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

120.5

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for ALICE.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: ALICE

International designator: 2013-072F

Object number (NORAD): 39467

Object ID (CCSDS): 39467

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 96.01 minutes

Inclination: 120.4634 deg

SMA: 6945.499 km

Apoapsis: 692.852 km

Periapsis: 441.875 km

RAAN: 224.1677 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0180676

Argument of periapsis: 289.2497 deg

Mean anomaly: 68.9102 deg

Mean motion: 14.99849174 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00005229 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00031821 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 12, 2025, 2:31 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 11, 2025, 5:59 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 ALICE

TLE line 1: 1 39467U 13072F 25131.74957023 .00005229 00000-0 31821-3 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 39467 120.4634 224.1677 0180676 289.2497 68.9102 14.99849174 54875

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In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

ALICE was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas V 501 | NROL-39 (USA-247)’, on board a Atlas V 501 space rocket.

The launch took place on Dec. 6, 2013, 7:14 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 3E.

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Launch to space Atlas V 501 | NROL-39 (USA-247)
Atlas V 501 | NROL-39 (USA-247)

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Dec. 6, 2013, 7:14 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Atlas V 501

Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3E

Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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