Key statistics
Satellite SNAP-3 EDDIE 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 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: 93.824 minutes
Inclination: 64.7538 deg
SMA: 6839.674 km
Apoapsis: 493.924 km
Periapsis: 429.155 km
RAAN: 3.5149 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00473479
Argument of periapsis: 123.6341 deg
Mean anomaly: 236.9324 deg
Mean motion: 15.34792352 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00057941 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0016412639 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, 11:46 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SNAP-3 EDDIE
TLE line 1: 1 40972U 15058J 25347.49061246 .00057941 00000-0 16413-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 40972 64.7538 3.5149 0047348 123.6341 236.9324 15.34792352 90318
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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