RBSP A (VAN ALLEN PROBE A)

RBSP A (VAN ALLEN PROBE A) is no longer on orbit
RBSP A (VAN ALLEN PROBE A) is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 38752

Int'l Code: 2012-046A

Launch date: August 30, 2012
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)
Decay date: 2026-03-11

RBSP A (VAN ALLEN PROBE A) was a spacecraft designed to study the Van Allen radiation belts, two cosmic bands of high-energy particles that are trapped in Earth’s magnetic field at altitudes ranging from about 400 to 93,300 miles (640 to 58,000 kilometers).

1 38752U 12046A   26069.80903478  .39552342 -26527-4  85947-3 0  9996
2 38752   9.5479 240.7241 0548826 299.3995  55.2519 15.26561984150482

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC