PROMETHEUS 2-3

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NORAD ID: 41855

Int'l Code: 2016-067H

Perigee: 518.2 km

Apogee: 534.4 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 2-3 and PROMETHEUS 2-1 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 41855U 16067H   24134.77779905  .00023104  00000-0  12159-2 0  9998
2 41855  98.0918 307.1731 0011756 181.5779 178.5416 15.15589574410524

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC