PROMETHEUS 2-3

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NORAD ID: 41855

Int'l Code: 2016-067H

Perigee: 576.2 km

Apogee: 591.0 km

Inclination: 97.9 °

Period: 96.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 6954 km

RCS: Unknown

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

PROMETHEUS 2-3 and PROMETHEUS 2-1 satellites (Prometheus Block 2) are developed and operated by the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and follow up on a successful series of missions of eight Block 1 satellites and the Perseus program. Their primary purpose is the demonstration of low-cost satellites in a feasibility study of CubeSat applications in communications between remote field sites and ground station terminals in a store-and-forward environment. Each of the 1.5U CubeSats is manufactured for less than $100,000 and features four deployable solar panels, an active attitude control system with stellar sensors, and a Software Defined Radio with a footprint sufficiently small for tactical operations.

1 41855U 16067H   19177.49684260  .00000533  00000-0  51745-4 0  9994
2 41855  97.9191 275.1165 0010583  10.2617 349.8818 14.96906921143064

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC