PROPCUBE 3

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PROPCUBE 3 is classified as:

CubeSats

NORAD ID: 40973

Int'l Code: 2015-058K

Perigee: 494.9 km

Apogee: 754.9 km

Inclination: 64.8 °

Period: 97.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 6995 km

RCS: Unknown

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

PROPCUBE 3 (Merryweather) 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 40973U 15058K   24139.94189460  .00014140  00000-0  12680-2 0  9991
2 40973  64.7712  88.7910 0185846 315.7070  42.9290 14.83665764  1692

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech