BISONSAT
NORAD 40974 · 2015-058L
PAYLOAD ACTIVE UNKNOWN
§ Identity
- Operator
- —
- Country
- US
- Launch date
- 2015-10-08
- Launch site
- AFWTR
- Launch vehicle
- —
- Mass (kg)
- —
- RCS (m²)
- —
Purposes: tech_demo
External: N2YO · Heavens-Above · Gunter
§ Orbital elements
Epoch: 2026-09-18T08:47:03.068736Z
- Period
- 94.85 min
- Inclination
- 64.7569°
- Eccentricity
- 0.0086289
- Mean motion
- 15.18160864 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 451.9 km
- Apogee alt
- 570.8 km
- Semi-major
- 6,889.5 km
- B*
- 5.7430e-4
- RAAN
- 231.8868°
- Arg perigee
- 7.5240°
- Mean anomaly
- 352.7156°
- Rev number
- 12,975
§ Raw data
BISONSAT1 40974U 15058L 26261.36600774 .00012801 00000+0 57430-3 0 99962 40974 64.7569 231.8868 0086289 7.5240 352.7156 15.18160864129753
JSON: /api/v1/satellites/40974 · /tle
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§ Radio — SatNOGS DB
| Mode | Description | Downlink | Uplink |
|---|---|---|---|
| FSK | Telemetry | 437.376 MHz | — |
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