MKA PN2 (RELEK)

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MKA PN2 (RELEK) is classified as:

Experimental

NORAD ID: 40070

Int'l Code: 2014-037B

Perigee: 627.8 km

Apogee: 824.1 km

Inclination: 98.1 °

Period: 99.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 7096 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: July 8, 2014
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

MKA PN2 (RELEK) was designed to give Russian scientists a brand-new orbital tool for studying charged particles in the radiation belt of the Earth for the first time since the Koronas-F spacecraft was launched more than a decade earlier and stopped working in 2005. This field is critical for the fundamental geophysics research and also has practical applications in the field of the so-called "space weather" affecting various sectors of modern economy. The mission would also give young Russian scientists a chance to participate in the development of cutting-edge geophysical and astrophysical instruments and in the analysis of their data.

1 40070U 14037B   19262.12840467 -.00000028  00000-0  45284-5 0  9997
2 40070  98.1132 305.6829 0138364 144.3363 216.7175 14.52096761275463

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC