PRATHAM

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PRATHAM is classified as:

Amateur radio
Space & Earth Science
CubeSats

NORAD ID: 41783

Int'l Code: 2016-059A

Perigee: 659.9 km

Apogee: 704.0 km

Inclination: 97.8 °

Period: 98.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 7052 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: September 26, 2016
Source: India (IND)
Launch site: SRIHARIKOTA (SRI)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.455
Beacon (MHz): 145.980
Mode: 1200bps AFSK CW
Call sign: PRATHAM
Status: Inactive

PRATHAM is an Indian ionospheric research satellite which will be operated by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay as part of the Student Satellite Initiative. Its primary mission is to count electrons in the Earth's ionosphere.

1 41783U 16059A   24335.48118211  .00002740  00000-0  50809-3 0  9995
2 41783  97.8292 347.0414 0031243 210.6025 149.3357 14.65715737436892

Source of the keplerian elements: AMSAT