Key statistics
Satellite SSU 1 at a glance.
Uptime
18075
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
63.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SSU 1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SSU 1
International designator: 1976-038C
Object number (NORAD): 8835
Object ID (CCSDS): 8835
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.124 minutes
Inclination: 63.3583 deg
SMA: 7331.515 km
Apoapsis: 1252.511 km
Periapsis: 654.248 km
RAAN: 189.9289 deg
Eccentricy: 0.04080079
Argument of periapsis: 176.8578 deg
Mean anomaly: 183.5183 deg
Mean motion: 13.82968236 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000124 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00011226318 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 25, 2025, 3:11 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 24, 2025, 10:49 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SSU 1
TLE line 1: 1 08835U 76038C 25297.95073992 .00000124 00000-0 11226-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 08835 63.3583 189.9289 0408008 176.8578 183.5183 13.82968236326280
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SSU 1.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object SSU 1.
Associated space launch
Parcae 1A, B and C were passive ELINT satellites. MSD 1 was a dispenser of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.
SSU 1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas F/MSD | Parcae 1A,B,C & MSD 1’, on board a Atlas F/MSD space rocket.
The launch took place on April 30, 1976, 7:12 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 3W.
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Atlas F/MSD | Parcae 1A,B,C & MSD 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 30, 1976, 7:12 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Atlas F/MSD
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3W
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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