Key statistics
Satellite SNAP-3 ALICE at a glance.
Uptime
3559
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.2
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: 94.627 minutes
Inclination: 64.7636 deg
SMA: 6878.672 km
Apoapsis: 556.033 km
Periapsis: 445.041 km
RAAN: 180.9624 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0080678
Argument of periapsis: 187.5524 deg
Mean anomaly: 172.4395 deg
Mean motion: 15.21758853 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00018039 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00073112 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 8:51 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SNAP-3 ALICE
TLE line 1: 1 40970U 15058G 25186.36942900 .00018039 00000-0 73112-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 40970 64.7636 180.9624 0080678 187.5524 172.4395 15.21758853 63594
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SNAP-3 ALICE.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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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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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