Tracking 29767 objects as of 1-Nov-2024
HD Live streaming from Space Station
objects crossing your sky now

POPACS 3

Track POPACS 3 now!
10-day predictions
POPACS 3 is classified as:


NORAD ID: 39270
Int'l Code: 2013-055F
Perigee: 325.2 km
Apogee: 1,198.5 km
Inclination: 81.0 °
Period: 99.9 minutes
Semi major axis: 7132 km
RCS: Unknown
Launch date: September 29, 2013
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

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.
Your satellite tracking list
Your tracking list is empty




NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog

Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 39270U 13055F   24305.54289085  .00018110  00000-0  47767-3 0  9995
2 39270  81.0038 146.0915 0612110  60.0753 305.9780 14.41149018552570
Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC