POPACS 3

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POPACS 3 is classified as:

• Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 39270
Int'l Code: 2013-055F
Perigee: 327.2 km
Apogee: 1,229.4 km
Inclination: 81.0 °
Period: 100.3 minutes
Semi major axis: 7149 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.

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SUOMI NPP Track 1 satellite(s)

1 39270U 13055F   24139.24782745  .00019901  00000-0  55072-3 0  9995
2 39270  81.0076 321.5756 0630951 193.5193 164.8400 14.36182257528668

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC