PROPCUBE 1

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PROPCUBE 1 is classified as:

CubeSats

NORAD ID: 40976

Int'l Code: 2015-058N

Perigee: 504.7 km

Apogee: 765.6 km

Inclination: 64.8 °

Period: 97.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 7006 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: October 8, 2015
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

PROPCUBE 1 (Flora) belongs to a series of three 1U CubeSats on a researching mission to measure artificial ionization. The satellites were developed by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and provided by Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems Inc. The cubesats are performing dual frequency ionospheric calibration measurements of ionospheric electron density and irregularities. They performing measurements of total electron content by differential group delay, of plasma irregularities by amplitude and phase scintillations and detection of artificial ionization and irregularities generated by the HAARP, Arecibo and Sura high frequency facilities.

1 40976U 15058N   24117.69761826  .00005891  00000-0  58670-3 0  9997
2 40976  64.7759 183.9998 0186190 322.5095  36.3142 14.80430212   176

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC