IT-SPINS

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IT-SPINS is classified as:

Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 49017

Int'l Code: 2021-013G

Perigee: 499.4 km

Apogee: 509.2 km

Inclination: 51.6 °

Period: 94.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 6875 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: February 20, 2021
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: WALLOPS ISLAND (WLPIS)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.405
Beacon (MHz):
Mode: 19200bps GMSK
Call sign: K7MSU
Status: Active

IT-SPINS (Ionospheric-Thermospheric Scanning Photometer for Ion-Neutral Studies) is a 3U CubeSat satellite developed by the Space Science and Engineering Laboratory (SSEL) at Montana State University. The satellite will demonstrate the utility of low-cost nanosatellites to provide focused observations to supplement ionospheric forecasting models.

1 49017U 21013G   21211.83486506  .00001583  00000-0  80753-4 0  9999
2 49017  51.6366 132.7929 0007168 348.5258  11.5555 15.22874980  4732

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC