DANDE

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DANDE is classified as:

Space & Earth Science
Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 39267

Int'l Code: 2013-055C

Perigee: 325.4 km

Apogee: 1,281.3 km

Inclination: 81.0 °

Period: 100.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7174 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: September 29, 2013
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 436.750
Beacon (MHz):
Mode: 9600bps GMSK
Call sign: DANDE-2
Status: Inactive

DANDE's name stands for Drag & Atmospheric Neutral Density Explorer. This is a 50 kg spherical spacecraft developed by students at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The goal of the DANDE mission is to provide an improved understanding of the satellite drag environment in the lower-thermosphere.

1 39267U 13055C   22142.60852513  .00017546  00000-0  48752-3 0  9994
2 39267  81.0076 334.8613 0666205 102.9326 264.7077 14.28651107444513

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC