CHUBUSAT 3

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CHUBUSAT 3 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 41339

Int'l Code: 2016-012C

Perigee: 563.8 km

Apogee: 583.0 km

Inclination: 31.0 °

Period: 96.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 6944 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: February 17, 2016
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER (TNSTA)

Uplink (MHz): 145.840
Downlink (MHz): 437.425
Beacon (MHz): 437.424
Mode: 1k2 AFSK 9k6 GMSK CW
Call sign: JJ2YPO
Status: Inactive

CHUBUSAT 3 is a small satellite from Nagoya and Daido Universities to measure solar and Earth radiation and undertake imaging of the Earth with an infrared camera. It also carries a receiver for the Automatic Information System (AIS) to pick up positional and other information from ships at sea, and an amateur radio message relay system.

1 41339U 16012C   18264.80486051 +.00000267 +00000-0 +14045-4 0  9996
2 41339 031.0115 058.2287 0013816 316.5926 043.3606 15.00210521142349

Source of the keplerian elements: AMSAT