IPEX

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IPEX is classified as:

NORAD ID: 39471

Int'l Code: 2013-072K

Perigee: 470.0 km

Apogee: 832.1 km

Inclination: 120.5 °

Period: 97.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 7022 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 6, 2013
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.270
Beacon (MHz): 437.270
Mode: 9600bps GMSK CW
Call sign: KJ6KSL-1
Status: Inactive

IPEX, or the Intelligent Payload Experiment, was provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Cal Poly. Carrying several low-resolution cameras, IPEX will validate several technologies for future NASA Earth observation missions, including autonomous on-board data processing, direct downlink operations, and automated ground operations.

1 39471U 13072K   18227.24562135 -.00000267 +00000-0 +83542-5 0 03699
2 39471 120.4863 269.4249 0257859 281.8812 075.3438 14.75392386062233

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech