PROMETHEUS 2-3

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NORAD ID: 41855

Int'l Code: 2016-067H

Perigee: 569.8 km

Apogee: 583.1 km

Inclination: 98.0 °

Period: 96.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 6947 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   22135.87880073  .00005970  00000-0  49462-3 0  9996
2 41855  97.9898 267.0901 0009581  87.1252 273.1067 14.99209625300868

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC