Space & Earth Science
NORAD ID: 39269
Int'l Code: 2013-055E
Perigee: 329.9 km
Apogee: 1,443.6 km
Inclination: 81.0 °
Period: 102.6 minutes
Semi major axis: 7257 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 39269U 13055E 14211.88898614 .00004158 00000-0 13318-3 0 2444
2 39269 080.9935 011.7489 0767282 026.3362 337.4773 14.04107506 42614
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for POPACS 2
