Experimental
NORAD ID: 29252
Int'l Code: 2006-029A
Perigee: 490.9 km
Apogee: 561.6 km
Inclination: 64.5 °
Period: 95.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 6904 km
Launch date: July 12, 2006
Source: United States (US)
Comments: Genesis 1 is an American entrepreneur's inflatable satellite that was launched by a Dnepr rocket (a converted ICBM, known as SS-18 Satan) at 12:53 UT on 12 July 2006 from the southern Ural mountain. The 1,300 kg craft was successfully inflated about two hours after launch to its normal cylindrical size of 2.4 m x 4.5 m. It is made of a tough sheet fabricated from a composite Kevlar that is often used in bullet-proof vests. The goal of the entrepreneur is to launch a few more of them, string them together and promote "space tourism".
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 29252U 06029A 15062.41844631 .00006053 00000-0 33888-3 0 9999
2 29252 064.5081 133.3146 0051225 282.7470 205.1698 15.13267754475022
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for GENESIS 1
