ELFIN A

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ELFIN A is classified as:

NORAD ID: 43617

Int'l Code: 2018-070E

Perigee: 440.8 km

Apogee: 458.0 km

Inclination: 93.0 °

Period: 93.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 6820 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: 9k6/19k2 GFSK
Call sign: WJ2XNX
Status: Active

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   20269.58700722  .00007451  00000-0  17884-3 0  9995
2 43617  93.0290 196.5910 0012618 316.3044  43.7212 15.41298948113944

Source of the keplerian elements: AMSAT