ELFIN A

ELFIN A is no longer on orbit
ELFIN A is classified as:

• Amateur radio
• Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 43617
Int'l Code: 2018-070E
Launch date: September 15, 2018
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)
Decay date: 2022-09-17



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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