Space & Earth Science
NORAD ID: 39268
Int'l Code: 2013-055D
Perigee: 323.8 km
Apogee: 1,357.7 km
Inclination: 81.0 °
Period: 101.7 minutes
Semi major axis: 7218 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 15063.21112158 .00021162 00000-0 66545-3 0 9999
2 39268 081.0127 152.0937 0716095 128.4539 238.3160 14.15467043 73150
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for POPACS 1
