RAVAN

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RAVAN is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 41849

Int'l Code: 2016-067B

Perigee: 523.2 km

Apogee: 542.7 km

Inclination: 98.1 °

Period: 95.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 6903 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: November 11, 2016
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

RAVAN stands for "Radiometer Assessment using Vertically Aligned Nanotubes" and is a 3-Unit CubeSat mission funded by the NASA Earth Science Technology Office and operated by the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University. The mission aims to demonstrate the technology needed for the measurement of the absolute imbalance of Earth's radiation budget – a valuable parameter for climate research.

1 41849U 16067B   24138.44097765  .00017191  00000-0  96312-3 0  9999
2 41849  98.0635 314.3431 0014118 131.9723 228.2711 15.13401706411332

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC