POPACS 3

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POPACS 3 is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 39270

Int'l Code: 2013-055F

Perigee: 327.3 km

Apogee: 1,229.7 km

Inclination: 81.0 °

Period: 100.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 7149 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: September 29, 2013
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

POPACS (Polar Orbiting Passive Atmospheric Calibration Spheres) is a privately funded CubeSat mission to measure the effects of solar flares and coronal mass ejections on the density of Earth's upper atmosphere during solar cycles 24 and 25. POPACS is a mission by collaboration between Utah State University, Gil Moore, Planetary Systems Corporation and Drexel University.

1 39270U 13055F   24137.78464529  .00019697  00000-0  54591-3 0  9996
2 39270  81.0073 323.1142 0631073 197.8437 159.9668 14.36124707549150

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC