ELFIN A

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ELFIN A is classified as:

NORAD ID: 43617

Int'l Code: 2018-070E

Perigee: 449.4 km

Apogee: 468.3 km

Inclination: 93.0 °

Period: 93.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 6829 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: September 15, 2018
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.450
Beacon (MHz):
Mode: 9600bps GFSK
Call sign: WJ2XNX
Status: Inactive

ELFIN A (Electron Losses and Fields Investigation) is a 3U cubesat mission developed the Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences department at UCLA in collaboration with the Aerospace Corporation to explore the mechanisms responsible for the loss of relativistic electrons from the radiation belts. The science mission is to explore electron precipitation in the radiation belts.

1 43617U 18070E   19171.16636413  .00001772  00000-0  47379-4 0  9997
2 43617  93.0244   4.4131 0013826 306.4609  53.5369 15.38094750 42645

Source of the keplerian elements: AMSAT