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40974
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2015-058L
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Orbit:
#13770 @ 444 x 572 km x 64.7569 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch
2026-11-09 17:08 UTC
·
29.9 h old
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🛰️ Ground track · next 110 min
Latitude
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Longitude
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Altitude
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Velocity
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Heading
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Orbit #
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Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
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Current TLE
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BISONSAT
1 40974U 15058L 26313.71391072 .00015511 00000-0 65884-3 0 09995
2 40974 64.7569 61.9406 0093062 349.9199 10.0056 15.19334000137709
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Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
October 8th 2015
Spacecraft age
11 years, 1 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
SRI International
Purpose
Technology Demonstration
Orbit class
LEO · Non-Polar Inclined
Launch site
Cape Canaveral
Launch vehicle
Atlas 5
Contractor
SRI International
Launch mass
2
kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elements
Inclination
64.7569°
Period
94.78
min
Perigee
444
km
Apogee
572
km
Eccentricity
0.0093062
RAAN
61.9406°
Arg of Perigee
349.9199°
Mean Motion
15.19334
rev/d