R3D2

R3D2 is no longer on orbit

NORAD ID: 44073
Int'l Code: 2019-016 A
Launch date: February 28, 2019
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: Rocket Lab Launch Complex (RLLC)
Decay date: 2021-05-23

R3D2 (Radio Frequency Risk Reduction Deployment Demonstration) is a DARPA mission to space-qualify a new type of membrane reflectarray antenna. The antenna, made of a tissue-thin Kapton membrane, packs tightly for stowage during launch and then will deploy to its full size of 2.25 meters in diameter once it reaches low Earth orbit.

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1 44073U 19016A   21143.34036188  .12719363  66049-5  64859-3 0  9996
2 44073  39.5073 243.1361 0015897  37.8193 326.6321 16.41393082122519

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC