PROPCUBE 3

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PROPCUBE 3 is classified as:

CubeSats

NORAD ID: 40973

Int'l Code: 2015-058K

Perigee: 485.7 km

Apogee: 742.3 km

Inclination: 64.8 °

Period: 96.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 6984 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: October 8, 2015
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

PROPCUBE 3 (Merryweather) belongs to a series of three 1U CubeSats on a researching mission to measure artificial ionization. The satellites were developed by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and provided by Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems Inc. The cubesats are performing dual frequency ionospheric calibration measurements of ionospheric electron density and irregularities. They performing measurements of total electron content by differential group delay, of plasma irregularities by amplitude and phase scintillations and detection of artificial ionization and irregularities generated by the HAARP, Arecibo and Sura high frequency facilities.

1 40973U 15058K   24325.20049242  .00007540  00000-0  62691-3 0  9994
2 40973  64.7699 238.0476 0183646 259.9854  98.0490 14.87146978 29204

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech