STPSAT 2 (USA 217)

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STPSAT 2 (USA 217) is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 37222

Int'l Code: 2010-062A

Perigee: 617.8 km

Apogee: 645.6 km

Inclination: 71.9 °

Period: 97.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 7002 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: November 20, 2010
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: Kodiak Island, Alaska (KODAK)

This U.S. Air Force microsatellite is the Minotaur 4's primary payload. STPSat-2 carries two payloads of its own: the Ocean Data Telemetry Microsat Link, which will relay data from ocean and terrestrial sensors, and the Space Phenomenology Experiment, which will evaluate sensor compatibility in space. STPSat-2 will be the first satellite operated by a new command and control system called the Multi-Mission Space Operations Center. This ground system is designed to fly multiple constellations of spacecraft with various missions.

1 37222U 10062A   25180.92034058 0.00000600  00000-0  76131-4 0    03
2 37222  71.9369 225.9002 0019857  70.1140 289.9102 14.81517244    04

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants