PROMETHEUS 2-1

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PROMETHEUS 2-1 is classified as:

Experimental

NORAD ID: 41854

Int'l Code: 2016-067G

Perigee: 421.4 km

Apogee: 429.9 km

Inclination: 98.1 °

Period: 92.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 6796 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: November 11, 2016
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

PROMETHEUS 2-1 and PROMETHEUS 2-3 satellites (Prometheus Block 2) are developed and operated by the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and follow up on a successful series of missions of eight Block 1 satellites and the Perseus program. Their primary purpose is the demonstration of low-cost satellites in a feasibility study of CubeSat applications in communications between remote field sites and ground station terminals in a store-and-forward environment. Each of the 1.5U CubeSats is manufactured for less than $100,000 and features four deployable solar panels, an active attitude control system with stellar sensors, and a Software Defined Radio with a footprint sufficiently small for tactical operations.

1 41854U 16067G   25172.04081469  .00035084  00000-0  63929-3 0  9993
2 41854  98.0758  26.7351 0006228 194.1651 165.9425 15.49380945472182

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC