ALICE

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite ALICE at a glance.

Uptime

4344

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: 95.769 minutes

Inclination: 120.465 deg

SMA: 6933.87 km

Apoapsis: 685.966 km

Periapsis: 425.504 km

RAAN: 134.3705 deg

Eccentricy: 0.01878181

Argument of periapsis: 103.9301 deg

Mean anomaly: 258.2729 deg

Mean motion: 15.03623918 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00010011 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00050956568 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 27, 2025, 2:46 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 26, 2025, 8:49 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 ALICE

TLE line 1: 1 39467U 13072F 25299.36787427 .00010011 00000-0 50957-3 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 39467 120.4650 134.3705 0187818 103.9301 258.2729 15.03623918 80047

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite ALICE.

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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