Key statistics
Satellite PROPCUBE 3 at a glance.
Uptime
3559
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
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 PROPCUBE 3.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: PROPCUBE 3
International designator: 2015-058K
Object number (NORAD): 40973
Object ID (CCSDS): 40973
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.583 minutes
Inclination: 64.7689 deg
SMA: 6973.115 km
Apoapsis: 702.51 km
Periapsis: 487.451 km
RAAN: 252.9038 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0154206
Argument of periapsis: 190.4885 deg
Mean anomaly: 169.3002 deg
Mean motion: 14.90947925 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003499 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00029619 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 2:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 1:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PROPCUBE 3
TLE line 1: 1 40973U 15058K 25186.56209482 .00003499 00000-0 29619-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 40973 64.7689 252.9038 0154206 190.4885 169.3002 14.90947925 63063
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite PROPCUBE 3.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
PROPCUBE 3 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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