IT-SPINS

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IT-SPINS is classified as:

Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 49017

Int'l Code: 2021-013G

Perigee: 476.7 km

Apogee: 486.8 km

Inclination: 51.6 °

Period: 94.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 6852 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   22339.32646450  .00013204  00000-0  45354-3 0  9991
2 49017  51.5964 299.8796 0007407 347.5303  12.5493 15.30406311 79910

Source of the keplerian elements: AMSAT