CELTEE 1

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CELTEE 1 is classified as:

Experimental

NORAD ID: 41850

Int'l Code: 2016-067C

Perigee: 572.0 km

Apogee: 586.3 km

Inclination: 98.0 °

Period: 96.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 6950 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: November 11, 2016
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

CELTEE (The CubeSat Enhanced Locator Transponder Evaluation Experiment) is a 1U CubeSat mission of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to test the performance of an Enhanced Location Transponder in support of Space Situational Awareness. With an increase in the number of CubeSats, many of which will soon employ maneuvering capability, the Air Force identified the need for an accurate means of tracking their orbits in support of Space Situational Awareness and a reduction in conjunctions with other resident space objects which could be realized by outfitting satellites with small locator transponders for orbital tracking and easy identification.

1 41850U 16067C   22138.59657306  .00003590  00000-0  30641-3 0  9999
2 41850  97.9952 269.8896 0010272  77.8567 282.3804 14.98333256301286

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC