Key statistics
Satellite SSU 3 at a glance.
Uptime
18026
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
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 3.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SSU 3
International designator: 1976-038J
Object number (NORAD): 8884
Object ID (CCSDS): 8884
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.757 minutes
Inclination: 63.3536 deg
SMA: 7314.261 km
Apoapsis: 1230.101 km
Periapsis: 642.151 km
RAAN: 239.0565 deg
Eccentricy: 0.040192
Argument of periapsis: 178.9116 deg
Mean anomaly: 181.2906 deg
Mean motion: 13.87864526 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000094 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00009139209 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 10:46 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SSU 3
TLE line 1: 1 08884U 76038J 25248.94887155 .00000094 00000-0 91392-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 08884 63.3536 239.0565 0401920 178.9116 181.2906 13.87864526322650
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SSU 3.
Associated space launch
Parcae 1A, B and C were passive ELINT satellites. MSD 1 was a dispenser of triplets of ocean surveillance satellites.
SSU 3 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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