Key statistics
Satellite SSU 3 at a glance.
Uptime
17965
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: 103.76 minutes
Inclination: 63.3553 deg
SMA: 7314.41 km
Apoapsis: 1234.951 km
Periapsis: 637.599 km
RAAN: 48.6092 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0408339
Argument of periapsis: 178.0292 deg
Mean anomaly: 182.2488 deg
Mean motion: 13.87822157 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000091 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000088755 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 8:19 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SSU 3
TLE line 1: 1 8884U 76038J 25187.84711003 .00000091 00000-0 88755-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 8884 63.3553 48.6092 0408339 178.0292 182.2488 13.87822157314173
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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