Space & Earth Science
NORAD ID: 39269
Int'l Code: 2013-055E
Perigee: 329.9 km
Apogee: 1,454.4 km
Inclination: 81.0 °
Period: 102.7 minutes
Semi major axis: 7263 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 14106.29747079 .00015757 00000-0 51198-3 0 1679
2 39269 081.0016 117.5024 0774168 323.1428 031.8626 14.02541889 27808
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for POPACS 2
