PROPCUBE 1

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PROPCUBE 1 is classified as:

CubeSats

NORAD ID: 40976

Int'l Code: 2015-058N

Perigee: 515.7 km

Apogee: 707.4 km

Inclination: 64.8 °

Period: 96.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 6982 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: October 8, 2015
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

PROPCUBE 1 (Flora) belongs to a series of three 1U CubeSats on a researching mission to measure artificial ionization. The satellites were developed by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and provided by Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems Inc. The cubesats are performing dual frequency ionospheric calibration measurements of ionospheric electron density and irregularities. They performing measurements of total electron content by differential group delay, of plasma irregularities by amplitude and phase scintillations and detection of artificial ionization and irregularities generated by the HAARP, Arecibo and Sura high frequency facilities.

1 40976U 15058N   25342.60615247  .00005805  00000-0  54570-3 0  9994
2 40976  64.7734 165.3525 0137297 135.5274 225.6958 14.87928845 87897

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC