Latitude
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SNAP-3
NORAD 39468 · COSPAR 2013-072G · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP
SNAP-3 reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 1 year ago).
Orbit: #5268 @ 149 x 166 km x 120.4456 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2025-04-23 00:01 UTC · 13151.7 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
// celestrak
SNAP-3
1 39468U 13072G 25113.00136907 .16499875 14351-4 56471-3 0 9994
2 39468 120.4456 313.9707 0013297 305.3576 54.6312 16.43218313 52689
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 39468U 13072G 25113.00136907 .16499875 14351-4 56471-3 0 9994
2 39468 120.4456 313.9707 0013297 305.3576 54.6312 16.43218313 52689
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
December 6th 2013
Spacecraft age
12 years, 10 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
—
Operator
US Southern Command
Purpose
Communications
Orbit class
LEO · Polar
Launch site
Vandenberg AFB
Launch vehicle
Atlas 5
Contractor
Naval Postgraduate School
Launch mass
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Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
120.4456°
Period
87.63 min
Perigee
149 km
Apogee
166 km
Eccentricity
0.0013297
RAAN
313.9707°
Arg of Perigee
305.3576°
Mean Motion
16.43218313 rev/d