Space & Earth Science
NORAD ID: 39269
Int'l Code: 2013-055E
Perigee: 330.4 km
Apogee: 1,462.0 km
Inclination: 81.0 °
Period: 102.8 minutes
Semi major axis: 7267 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 14064.97682557 .00013018 00000-0 42624-3 0 1342
2 39269 081.0005 158.7725 0778557 079.0882 289.6782 14.01372910 22018
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for POPACS 2
