CHIPSAT

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CHIPSAT is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 27643

Int'l Code: 2003-002B

Perigee: 502.9 km

Apogee: 522.9 km

Inclination: 94.0 °

Period: 94.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 6883 km

RCS: 0.3775 m² (medium)

Launch date: January 13, 2003
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

CHIPS (Cosmic Hot Interstellar Spectrometer) data will help scientists determine the electron temperature, ionization conditions, and cooling mechanisms of the million-degree plasma believed to fill the local interstellar bubble.

1 27643U 03002B   24140.41725270  .00016459  00000-0  76198-3 0  9995
2 27643  94.0444 287.0922 0014505 138.3656 221.8693 15.20017809170895

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC