IPEX

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IPEX is classified as:

NORAD ID: 39471

Int'l Code: 2013-072K

Perigee: 469.2 km

Apogee: 830.3 km

Inclination: 120.5 °

Period: 97.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 7020 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   19197.36686544 -.00000263 +00000+0 +86921-5 0  6535
2 39471 120.4918  41.3929 0257178 263.7173  93.4462 14.75790655111693

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech