POPACS 2

USA

Spacecraft Nº:

US spacecraft Nº:

POPACS= Polar Orbiting Passive Atmospheric Calibration Sphere

Launch data:

Designation 39269 / 13055E
Launch date 29 Sept 2013 - 16:00 UT
Launch site Va, SLC-4E
Launch vehicle  Falcon-9 v1.1
Mission Research (Atmospheric density)
Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee 323 x 1482 km
Eccentricity 
Inclination  81.0°
Period 102.9 min

Launched together with: CASSIOPE 1 - CUSat 1 - CUSat 2 - DANDE - POPACS 1 - POPACS 3

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufacturer 
Platform CubeSat (3U)
Operator 
Mass at launch  1.5 kg
Dry Mass  kg
Basic shape  
Dimension (m) 
Equipment 
Solar array None
Stabilization  
Propulsion None
DC power  
Design lifetime  12.5 yrs



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