Key statistics
Satellite SSU 2 at a glance.
Uptime
17965
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 2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SSU 2
International designator: 1976-038D
Object number (NORAD): 8836
Object ID (CCSDS): 8836
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.141 minutes
Inclination: 63.3565 deg
SMA: 7332.308 km
Apoapsis: 1261.111 km
Periapsis: 647.235 km
RAAN: 136.5752 deg
Eccentricy: 0.041861
Argument of periapsis: 175.7209 deg
Mean anomaly: 184.7606 deg
Mean motion: 13.82743816 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000004 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000049752 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 6:26 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SSU 2
TLE line 1: 1 08836U 76038D 25187.26814372 -.00000004 00000-0 49752-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 08836 63.3565 136.5752 0418610 175.7209 184.7606 13.82743816303444
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SSU 2.
Associated space launch
Parcae 1A, B and C were passive ELINT satellites. MSD 1 was a dispenser of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.
SSU 2 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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