PROPCUBE 1

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PROPCUBE 1 is classified as:

CubeSats

NORAD ID: 40976

Int'l Code: 2015-058N

Perigee: 503.4 km

Apogee: 765.7 km

Inclination: 64.8 °

Period: 97.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 7005 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: October 8, 2015
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

PROPCUBE 1 (Flora) belongs to a series of three 1U CubeSats on a researching mission to measure artificial ionization. The satellites were developed by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and provided by Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems Inc. The cubesats are performing dual frequency ionospheric calibration measurements of ionospheric electron density and irregularities. They performing measurements of total electron content by differential group delay, of plasma irregularities by amplitude and phase scintillations and detection of artificial ionization and irregularities generated by the HAARP, Arecibo and Sura high frequency facilities.

1 40976U 15058N   24133.36893783  .00011850  00000-0  11520-2 0  9991
2 40976  64.7747 136.0740 0187214 317.6562  41.0219 14.80614844  2499

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC