PROMETHEUS 2-1

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PROMETHEUS 2-1 is classified as:

Experimental

NORAD ID: 41854

Int'l Code: 2016-067G

Perigee: 516.7 km

Apogee: 535.8 km

Inclination: 98.1 °

Period: 95.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 6897 km

RCS: Unknown

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

PROMETHEUS 2-1 and PROMETHEUS 2-3 satellites (Prometheus Block 2) are developed and operated by the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and follow up on a successful series of missions of eight Block 1 satellites and the Perseus program. Their primary purpose is the demonstration of low-cost satellites in a feasibility study of CubeSat applications in communications between remote field sites and ground station terminals in a store-and-forward environment. Each of the 1.5U CubeSats is manufactured for less than $100,000 and features four deployable solar panels, an active attitude control system with stellar sensors, and a Software Defined Radio with a footprint sufficiently small for tactical operations.

1 41854U 16067G   24135.04617043  .00023640  00000-0  12422-2 0  9990
2 41854  98.0991 307.9372 0013834 171.8121 188.3338 15.15615374410569

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC