RAX (USA 218)

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RAX (USA 218) is classified as:

NORAD ID: 37223

Int'l Code: 2010-062B

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

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.505
Beacon (MHz):
Mode: 9k6 GMSK
Call sign: RAX1
Status: Inactive

The Radio Aurora Explorer, or RAX, is a 6-pound (28-kg) nanosatellite. It's a joint effort of the University of Michigan and SRI International, and it's sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation. RAX's primary mission is to study dense plasma clouds in Earth's upper atmosphere. These clouds can disrupt communication between Earth and orbiting spacecraft, and RAX's operators hope the little satellite's measurements can help minimize communication problems in the future.

1 37223U 10062B   26221.20879543  .00001623  00000-0  13333-3 0  9995
2 37223  71.9679 278.1792 0015369 289.8567  70.0950 15.00657380122161

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC