CHIPSAT

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CHIPSAT is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 27643

Int'l Code: 2003-002B

Perigee: 439.7 km

Apogee: 446.1 km

Inclination: 94.0 °

Period: 93.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 6813 km

RCS: 0.3775 m² (medium)

Launch date: January 13, 2003
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

CHIPS (Cosmic Hot Interstellar Spectrometer) data will help scientists determine the electron temperature, ionization conditions, and cooling mechanisms of the million-degree plasma believed to fill the local interstellar bubble.

1 27643U 03002B   26041.12302965  .00018550  00000-0  41394-3 0  9991
2 27643  94.0368 272.0048 0004694 284.8186  75.2549 15.43520147267567

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC