PROPCUBE 3

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite PROPCUBE 3 at a glance.

Uptime

3720

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: 96.469 minutes

Inclination: 64.7686 deg

SMA: 6967.642 km

Apoapsis: 680.309 km

Periapsis: 498.705 km

RAAN: 111.5199 deg

Eccentricy: 0.01303198

Argument of periapsis: 133.4869 deg

Mean anomaly: 227.7168 deg

Mean motion: 14.92705068 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00006845 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00057433795 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, 3:55 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 PROPCUBE 3

TLE line 1: 1 40973U 15058K 25347.66376774 .00006845 00000-0 57434-3 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 40973 64.7686 111.5199 0130320 133.4869 227.7168 14.92705068 87091

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite PROPCUBE 3.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated 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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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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