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NORAD ID: 29252
Int'l Code: 2006-029A
Perigee: 536.9 km
Apogee: 556.5 km
Inclination: 64.5 °
Period: 95.4 minutes
Semi major axis: 6917 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 13346.69443727 .00005209 00000-0 32770-3 0 636
2 29252 064.5089 135.9435 0014198 335.8099 024.2858 15.08893254407683
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for GENESIS 1
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