SOMP

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SOMP is classified as:

NORAD ID: 39134

Int'l Code: 2013-015E

Perigee: 501.8 km

Apogee: 509.3 km

Inclination: 64.9 °

Period: 94.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 6876 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   21132.71227114  .00002131  00000-0  10044-3 0  9993
2 39134  64.8619 288.6840 0005440 293.7075  66.3482 15.22455591445773

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech