GENESIS 2

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GENESIS 2 is classified as:

Experimental

NORAD ID: 31789

Int'l Code: 2007-028A

Perigee: 488.0 km

Apogee: 554.5 km

Inclination: 64.5 °

Period: 94.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 6892 km

RCS: 5.233 m² (large)

Launch date: June 28, 2007
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: Orenburg, Russia (OREN)

Genesis II is the second experimental pathfinder spacecraft designed to test and confirm systems for future manned commercial space modules planned by Las Vegas-based Bigelow Aerospace The privately-funded space station module was launched atop a Dnepr rocket at 8:02 a.m. PDT from the ISC Kosmotras Yasny Cosmodrome, located in the Orenburg region of Russia, and was inserted into orbit at 8:16 a.m. PDT at an inclination of 64 degrees.

1 31789U 07028A   20148.27230456 +.00000345 +00000-0 +27294-4 0  9999
2 31789 064.5051 052.4020 0048203 244.6719 114.9407 15.17257840711964

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC