ARASE (ERG)

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ARASE (ERG) is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 41896

Int'l Code: 2016-080A

Perigee: 463.9 km

Apogee: 31,806.2 km

Inclination: 31.5 °

Period: 560.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 22506 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 20, 2016
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: KAGOSHIMA SPACE CENTER UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (KSCUT)

ARASE (ERG) is a Japanese research satellite designed to repeatedly fly through the Van Allen belts high above Earth, helping scientists sort out how chaotic geomagnetic storms form and evolve and potentially endanger astronauts, spacecraft and infrastructure vital to life on the ground. The satellite will be nicknamed Arase after a river running near the Uchinoura Space Center in Japan's Kagoshima prefecture. Arase, a Japanese word for a river raging with rough white water, is a fitting description for the journey that lies ahead of ERG, referring to the satellite's perilous passes through a zone of intense radiation.

1 41896U 16080A   25193.05546711 -.00000217  00000-0 -36863-5 0  9995
2 41896  31.4698 143.4594 6963083 199.7467 107.3220  2.57131028 79526

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC