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POPACS 3 is classified as:


NORAD ID: 39270
Int'l Code: 2013-055F
Perigee: 322.6 km
Apogee: 1,124.0 km
Inclination: 81.0 °
Period: 99.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 7094 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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NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog

Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 39270U 13055F   26026.95976954  .00011208  00000-0  27102-3 0  9992
2 39270  81.0026  21.9624 0564790 139.1435 225.3567 14.52900999618026
Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC