ELFIN A

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ELFIN A is classified as:

• Amateur radio
• Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 43617
Int'l Code: 2018-070E
Perigee: 445.4 km
Apogee: 470.6 km
Inclination: 93.0 °
Period: 93.6 minutes
Semi major axis: 6828 km
RCS: Unknown
Launch date: September 15, 2018
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)



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.

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1 43617U 18070E   19233.42375165  .00002280  00000-0  60147-4 0  9992
2 43617  93.0287  30.1321 0018429  64.5364 295.7793 15.38393232 52215

Source of the keplerian elements: AMSAT