CHIPSAT

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CHIPSAT is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 27643

Int'l Code: 2003-002B

Perigee: 503.3 km

Apogee: 523.0 km

Inclination: 94.0 °

Period: 94.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 6884 km

RCS: 0.3775 m² (medium)

Launch date: January 13, 2003
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

CHIPS (Cosmic Hot Interstellar Spectrometer) data will help scientists determine the electron temperature, ionization conditions, and cooling mechanisms of the million-degree plasma believed to fill the local interstellar bubble.

1 27643U 03002B   24138.44219937  .00015658  00000-0  72682-3 0  9997
2 27643  94.0443 286.0316 0014338 144.7741 215.4452 15.19935726170651

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC