ALE-2

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ALE-2 is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 44824

Int'l Code: 2019-084A

Perigee: 398.4 km

Apogee: 411.7 km

Inclination: 96.9 °

Period: 92.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 6776 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 6, 2019
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: Rocket Lab Launch Complex (RLLC)

ALE-2 is the second of two satellites launching this year developed by Astro Live Experiences, a privately-funded Japanese venture that aimed to create artificial "meteor showers" by releasing half-inch (1-centimeter) pellets to re-enter the atmosphere. By early 2020, the 150-pound (68-kilogram) ALE-1 satellite planned to use a drag-inducing mechanism to maneuver to an orbit low enough to ensure the particles safely re-enter the atmosphere, and don’t become space junk. However one of the parts that was supposed to launch the particles is not moving properly and that it cannot get back to its designated position. This means that the launch action cannot initiate, and it is not possible to transition to the release action.

1 44824U 19084A   21102.88917786  .00005083  00000-0  73102-4 0  9997
2 44824  96.9413 325.5808 0009830 256.9374 103.0785 15.56456533 76687

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC