O/OREOS (USA 219)

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O/OREOS (USA 219) is classified as:

NORAD ID: 37224

Int'l Code: 2010-062C

Perigee: 618.0 km

Apogee: 641.5 km

Inclination: 72.0 °

Period: 97.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 7000 km

RCS: Unknown

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

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.305
Beacon (MHz): 437.300
Mode: 1200bps AFSK
Call sign: KF6JBP
Status: Active

NASA's O/OREOS (Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses) is another demonstration satellite that was developed on the cheap (less than $1.75 million, officials have said). O/OREOS is about the size of a loaf of bread and weighs 12 pounds (5.5 kg). It contains two experiments that will activate once the nanosatellite reaches low-Earth orbit. One of these will characterize how microbes grow and reproduce in space, as well as how they adapt to the stresses of the space environment. The other will look at how space conditions affect four different classes of organic molecules, which are the building blocks of life.

1 37224U 10062C   18201.25595740 +.00000171 +00000-0 +28805-4 0 03312
2 37224 071.9717 056.9533 0016822 120.5112 239.7727 14.82132284058717

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech