POPACS 1

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POPACS 1 is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 39268

Int'l Code: 2013-055D

Perigee: 315.0 km

Apogee: 902.9 km

Inclination: 81.0 °

Period: 96.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 6979 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: September 29, 2013
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

POPACS (Polar Orbiting Passive Atmospheric Calibration Spheres) is a privately funded CubeSat mission to measure the effects of solar flares and coronal mass ejections on the density of Earth's upper atmosphere during solar cycles 24 and 25. POPACS is a mission by collaboration between Utah State University, Gil Moore, Planetary Systems Corporation and Drexel University.

1 39268U 13055D   24131.44172125  .00048614  00000-0  88538-3 0  9997
2 39268  80.9839 194.4532 0421150 213.6969 143.6821 14.88752633554910

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC