SOMP

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SOMP is classified as:

NORAD ID: 39134

Int'l Code: 2013-015E

Perigee: 511.0 km

Apogee: 519.1 km

Inclination: 64.9 °

Period: 94.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 6886 km

RCS: 0.0596 m² (small)

Launch date: April 19, 2013
Source: Germany (GER)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.485
Beacon (MHz): 437.503
Mode: 1200bps AFSK CW
Call sign: DP0TUD
Status: Active

SOMP (Student's Oxygen Measurement Project) is a student picosat project of the Techniche Universität Dresden. SOMP has two scientific objectives: the first objective is to measure the concentration of atomic oxygen in the upper atmosphere using an oxygen electrolyte sensor. The second is the testing of flexible thin film solar cells (TFSC), that have never been tested in space before. More information about the payloads can be found on the internet page of the Institute of Aerospace Engineering of the TU Dresden.

1 39134U 13015E   18226.58808451  .00000650  00000-0  40052-4 0  9994
2 39134  64.8638 297.9720 0005926 223.1623 136.9040 15.19313169293774

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech