Satellite · NORAD 40972 · COSPAR 2015-058J
SNAP-3 EDDIE
- Operator United States
- Constellation —
- Country United States
Altitude now
260.9km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.75km/s
Inclination
64.74°
Period
89.8 min
89.8 min
Perigee
254km
Apogee
272km
orbit agingOrbit updated 11 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 03:43 UTC (16.5 h old)· Metadata updated 11 h ago
Live position
Ground track & current position
Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.
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- Latitude
- 12.368° N
- Longitude
- 140.738° W
- Altitude
- 260.9 km
- Velocity
- 7.751 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 03:43 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 08 Oct 2015
- COSPAR launch id
- 2015-058
Objects from the same launch · 15
- USA 264 DEB40981DebrisInactive
- USA 26440964PayloadActive
- AEROCUBE 5C40965PayloadActive
- AEROCUBE 740966PayloadActive
- FOX-1A (AO-85)40967PayloadActive
- SINOD-D 140968PayloadActive
- ARC-140969PayloadUnknown
- SNAP-3 ALICE40970PayloadActive
- LMRST-SAT40971PayloadActive
- PROPCUBE 340973PayloadActive
- BISONSAT40974PayloadActive
- SNAP-3 JIMI40975PayloadActive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → US | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → US | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Orbit Class | ∅ → LEO | Celestrak | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
Regulatory
UN registration
Transparency
Sources & provenance
CelesTrakcommunity
Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).
last sync 11 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 11 h ago
Field provenance
| Field | Source | Observed | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical Name | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Decay Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Launch Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Object Type | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Orbital Elements | CelesTrak | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
Quality flags
- UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026
Timeline
Events
No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.
Reference
Identifiers
- NORAD catalogue number
- 40972
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2015-058J
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWX4DFCTBNEK87EKHCB
- Canonical slug
- snap-3-eddie-40972
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Unknown) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.