ELFIN A

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ELFIN A is classified as:

NORAD ID: 43617

Int'l Code: 2018-070E

Perigee: 446.3 km

Apogee: 467.2 km

Inclination: 93.0 °

Period: 93.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 6827 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   19290.78919423 +.00004268 +00000-0 +11114-3 0  9992
2 43617 093.0373 053.9012 0015268 188.8055 171.2934 15.38809029061037

Source of the keplerian elements: AMSAT