Space & Earth Science
NORAD ID: 39268
Int'l Code: 2013-055D
Perigee: 332.3 km
Apogee: 1,376.8 km
Inclination: 81.0 °
Period: 101.9 minutes
Semi major axis: 7225 km
Launch date: September 29, 2013
Source: United States (US)
Comments: POPACS (Polar Orbiting Passive Atmospheric Calibration Spheres) is a privately funded CubeSat mission to measure the effects of solar flares and coronal mass ejections on the density of Earth's upper atmosphere during solar cycles 24 and 25. POPACS is a mission by collaboration between Utah State University, Gil Moore, Planetary Systems Corporation and Drexel University.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 39268U 13055D 15026.84983483 .00017241 00000-0 55740-3 0 4188
2 39268 081.0115 189.0602 0722756 232.4191 120.9233 14.13497424 68017
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for POPACS 1
