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 |
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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.) |
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Power (watts) |
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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. |