Satellite Firebird-A (Focused Investigations of Relativistic Electron Burst, Intensity, Range, and Dynamics) of Firebird Consortium (Montana State Univ., Univ. of New Hampshire, Aerospace Corp., Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Name of Satellite, Alternate Names Firebird-A (Focused Investigations of Relativistic Electron Burst, Intensity, Range, and Dynamics)
Country of Operator/Owner USA
Operator/Owner Firebird Consortium (Montana State Univ., Univ. of New Hampshire, Aerospace Corp., Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Users Civil/Government
Purpose Space Science
Class of Orbit LEO
Type of Orbit
Longitude of GEO (degrees) 0
Perigee (km) 443
Apogee (km) 886
Eccentricity 0.0314876679223825
Inclination (degrees) 120.3
Period (minutes) 98
Launch Mass (kg.) 2
Dry Mass (kg.)
Power (watts)
Date of Launch 06-12-2013
Expected Lifetime 3 yrs.
Contractor Montana State University
Country of Contractor USA
Launch Site Vandenberg AFB
Launch Vehicle Atlas 5
COSPAR Number 2013-072B
NORAD Number 39463
Comments One of a simultaneously-launched pair studying space weather, in particular - electron microbursts in the Van Allen radiation belts.

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