O/OREOS (USA 219)

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O/OREOS (USA 219) is classified as:

NORAD ID: 37224

Int'l Code: 2010-062C

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

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.305
Beacon (MHz):
Mode: 1k2 AFSK
Call sign: KF6JBP
Status: Inactive

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   26254.37727788  .00001457  00000-0  14216-3 0  9999
2 37224  71.9677 245.0534 0016622 262.4350  97.4932 14.94024812129516

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC