Key statistics
Satellite SNAP-3 EDDIE at a glance.
Uptime
3621
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 EDDIE.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SNAP-3 EDDIE
International designator: 2015-058J
Object number (NORAD): 40972
Object ID (CCSDS): 40972
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 94.395 minutes
Inclination: 64.7584 deg
SMA: 6867.426 km
Apoapsis: 537.523 km
Periapsis: 441.06 km
RAAN: 330.0486 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00702318
Argument of periapsis: 168.6392 deg
Mean anomaly: 191.6343 deg
Mean motion: 15.25498339 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00040171 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0014698733 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 5, 2025, 7:38 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 1:49 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SNAP-3 EDDIE
TLE line 1: 1 40972U 15058J 25248.57590660 .00040171 00000-0 14699-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 40972 64.7584 330.0486 0070232 168.6392 191.6343 15.25498339 75188
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SNAP-3 EDDIE.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
SNAP-3 EDDIE 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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