GENESIS 1

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GENESIS 1 is classified as:

Experimental

NORAD ID: 29252

Int'l Code: 2006-029A

Perigee: 446.3 km

Apogee: 474.8 km

Inclination: 64.5 °

Period: 93.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 6831 km

RCS: 6.1709 m² (large)

Launch date: July 12, 2006
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: Orenburg, Russia (OREN)

Genesis 1 is an American entrepreneur's inflatable satellite that was launched by a Dnepr rocket (a converted ICBM, known as SS-18 Satan) at 12:53 UT on 12 July 2006 from the southern Ural mountain. The 1,300 kg craft was successfully inflated about two hours after launch to its normal cylindrical size of 2.4 m x 4.5 m. It is made of a tough sheet fabricated from a composite Kevlar that is often used in bullet-proof vests. The goal of the entrepreneur is to launch a few more of them, string them together and promote "space tourism".

1 29252U 06029A   24139.52635585  .00032961  00000-0  88626-3 0  9999
2 29252  64.5158 266.1433 0020798 327.2044  32.7796 15.37531185986099

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC