PROPCUBE 1

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PROPCUBE 1 is classified as:

CubeSats

NORAD ID: 40976

Int'l Code: 2015-058N

Perigee: 494.5 km

Apogee: 755.6 km

Inclination: 64.8 °

Period: 97.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 6996 km

RCS: Unknown

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

PROPCUBE 1 (Flora) 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 40976U 15058N   24325.84199109  .00007218  00000-0  65522-3 0  9993
2 40976  64.7756 266.1659 0186601 259.7759  98.2261 14.83617693 31015

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC