Space & Earth Science
NORAD ID: 39269
Int'l Code: 2013-055E
Perigee: 331.8 km
Apogee: 1,414.4 km
Inclination: 81.0 °
Period: 102.3 minutes
Semi major axis: 7244 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 15023.89177668 .00008744 00000-0 28614-3 0 3874
2 39269 081.0011 193.8448 0747193 246.8754 105.2028 14.08081748 67479
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for POPACS 2
