Experimental
NORAD ID: 31789
Int'l Code: 2007-028A
Perigee: 510.1 km
Apogee: 546.4 km
Inclination: 64.5 °
Period: 95.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 6906 km
Launch date: June 28, 2007
Source: United States (US)
Comments: Genesis II is the second experimental pathfinder spacecraft designed to test and confirm systems for future manned commercial space modules planned by Las Vegas-based Bigelow Aerospace The privately-funded space station module was launched atop a Dnepr rocket at 8:02 a.m. PDT from the ISC Kosmotras Yasny Cosmodrome, located in the Orenburg region of Russia, and was inserted into orbit at 8:16 a.m. PDT at an inclination of 64 degrees.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 31789U 07028A 15063.22741143 .00005361 00000-0 31389-3 0 9996
2 31789 064.5080 165.6900 0026260 326.5921 033.3541 15.12615192422273
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for GENESIS 2
