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RAX (USA 218)

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RAX (USA 218) is classified as:


NORAD ID: 37223
Int'l Code: 2010-062B
Perigee: 586.3 km
Apogee: 603.8 km
Inclination: 72.0 °
Period: 96.4 minutes
Semi major axis: 6966 km
RCS: Unknown
Launch date: November 20, 2010
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: Kodiak Island, Alaska (KODAK)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.505
Beacon (MHz):
Mode: 9600bps GMSK
Call sign: RAX-1
Status: Inactive


The Radio Aurora Explorer, or RAX, is a 6-pound (28-kg) nanosatellite. It's a joint effort of the University of Michigan and SRI International, and it's sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation. RAX's primary mission is to study dense plasma clouds in Earth's upper atmosphere. These clouds can disrupt communication between Earth and orbiting spacecraft, and RAX's operators hope the little satellite's measurements can help minimize communication problems in the future.
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NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog

Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 37223U 10062B   24304.73785396  .00013215  00000-0  12650-2 0  9995
2 37223  71.9708 313.6960 0012565  92.4020 267.8589 14.93214070 25233
Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC