GENESIS 1

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GENESIS 1 is classified as:

Experimental

NORAD ID: 29252

Int'l Code: 2006-029A

Perigee: 487.1 km

Apogee: 554.1 km

Inclination: 64.5 °

Period: 94.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 6891 km

RCS: 6.1709 m² (large)

Launch date: July 12, 2006
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: Orenburg, Russia (OREN)

Genesis 1 is an American entrepreneur's inflatable satellite that was launched by a Dnepr rocket (a converted ICBM, known as SS-18 Satan) at 12:53 UT on 12 July 2006 from the southern Ural mountain. The 1,300 kg craft was successfully inflated about two hours after launch to its normal cylindrical size of 2.4 m x 4.5 m. It is made of a tough sheet fabricated from a composite Kevlar that is often used in bullet-proof vests. The goal of the entrepreneur is to launch a few more of them, string them together and promote "space tourism".

1 29252U 06029A   18319.60063568 +.00000438 +00000-0 +31590-4 0  9990
2 29252 064.5063 037.8504 0048624 275.7989 083.7591 15.17490051680093

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC