SNAP-3 ALICE

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite SNAP-3 ALICE at a glance.

Uptime

3720

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.3

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

64.8

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for SNAP-3 ALICE.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: SNAP-3 ALICE

International designator: 2015-058G

Object number (NORAD): 40970

Object ID (CCSDS): 40970

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 93.869 minutes

Inclination: 64.7616 deg

SMA: 6841.874 km

Apoapsis: 493.992 km

Periapsis: 433.487 km

RAAN: 11.5881 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00442171

Argument of periapsis: 119.6578 deg

Mean anomaly: 240.897 deg

Mean motion: 15.34052133 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00058987 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0017187262 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, 12:12 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 SNAP-3 ALICE

TLE line 1: 1 40970U 15058G 25347.50873525 .00058987 00000-0 17187-2 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 40970 64.7616 11.5881 0044217 119.6578 240.8970 15.34052133 88194

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite SNAP-3 ALICE.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

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

SNAP-3 ALICE was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas V 401 | NROL-55 (Multipayload mission)’, on board a Atlas V 401 space rocket.

The launch took place on Oct. 8, 2015, 12:49 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 3E.

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Launch to space Atlas V 401 | NROL-55 (Multipayload mission)
Atlas V 401 | NROL-55 (Multipayload mission)

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Oct. 8, 2015, 12:49 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Atlas V 401

Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3E

Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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