SPRINT-B (ERG)

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SPRINT-B (ERG) is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 41896

Int'l Code: 2016-080A

Perigee: 338.9 km

Apogee: 32,349.5 km

Inclination: 31.3 °

Period: 567.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 22715 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 20, 2016
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: KAGOSHIMA SPACE CENTER UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (KSCUT)

SPRINT-B (ERG) is a Japanese research satellite designed to repeatedly fly through the Van Allen belts high above Earth, helping scientists sort out how chaotic geomagnetic storms form and evolve and potentially endanger astronauts, spacecraft and infrastructure vital to life on the ground. The satellite will be nicknamed Arase after a river running near the Uchinoura Space Center in Japan's Kagoshima prefecture. Arase, a Japanese word for a river raging with rough white water, is a fitting description for the journey that lies ahead of ERG, referring to the satellite's perilous passes through a zone of intense radiation.

1 41896U 16080A   17229.49912923 +.00000347 +00000-0 +23321-3 0  9991
2 41896 031.3095 195.5411 7046072 260.4086 020.4720 02.53587623006089

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC