Space & Earth Science
NORAD ID: 29479
Int'l Code: 2006-041A
Perigee: 678.8 km
Apogee: 702.4 km
Inclination: 98.1°
Period: 98.4 min
Semi major axis: 7,061.6 km
Launch date: September 22, 2006
Source: Japan (JPN)
Comments: Solar-B is an ISAS mission with international partners, a follow-on to the highly successful Japan/US/UK Yohkoh (Solar-A) collaboration. The mission consists of a coordinated set of optical, EUV and X-ray instruments that will apply a systems approach to the interaction between the Sun's magnetic field and its high temperature, ionized atmosphere. The result will be an improved understanding of the mechanisms which give rise to solar magnetic variability and how this variability modulates the total solar output and creates the driving force behind space weather.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 29479U 06041A 10244.21215090 .00000097 00000-0 28089-4 0 2533
2 29479 098.0937 245.1659 0016694 090.3921 269.9193 14.63011827210466
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