Space & Earth Science
NORAD ID: 39269
Int'l Code: 2013-055E
Perigee: 322.8 km
Apogee: 1,399.4 km
Inclination: 81.0 °
Period: 102.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 7239 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 15062.24756385 .00018094 00000-0 57352-3 0 9994
2 39269 081.0183 155.1830 0743553 138.2028 227.8467 14.09501156 72878
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for POPACS 2
