QB50P1 (EO-79)

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QB50P1 (EO-79) is classified as:

NORAD ID: 40025

Int'l Code: 2014-033R

Perigee: 597.7 km

Apogee: 617.0 km

Inclination: 97.9 °

Period: 96.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 6978 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: June 19, 2014
Source: (BEL)
Launch site: Orenburg, Russia (OREN)

Uplink (MHz): 435.047-435.077
Downlink (MHz): 145.965-145.935
Beacon (MHz): 145.815
Mode: 1200bps BPSK CW SSB
Call sign: QB50P1
Status: Inactive

QB50P1 (EO-79) is a 2U Cubesat, one of a pair of precursor satellites for the QB50 project. Carries an Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer to study the Earth's lower thermosphere. The following payloads were integrated into the ISIS satellite platforms; INMS Payload from MSSL-UK, QB50 ADCS system from SSC-UK Thermocouple experiment from VKI-Belgium, AMSAT-NL 435/145 MHz linear transponder (FUNcube-3) from AMSAT-NL, The Netherlands.

1 40025U 14033R   20339.04721464  .00000665  00000-0  76154-4 0  9991
2 40025  97.9222 263.3695 0013810  99.9621 260.3155 14.89261395350847

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech