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POPACS 3 is classified as:


NORAD ID: 39270
Int'l Code: 2013-055F
Perigee: 323.8 km
Apogee: 1,151.6 km
Inclination: 81.0 °
Period: 99.4 minutes
Semi major axis: 7108 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.
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NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog

Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 39270U 13055F   25187.85351989  .00008513  00000-0  21289-3 0  9998
2 39270  81.0035 241.4199 0582301  36.1097 327.7982 14.48494686609136
Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC