Spacetrack Directory Name | SURFSAT |
Orbit launches | 2018-09-15 |
Deorbitation date | 2023-01-25 |
Days in orbit | 1593 |
Country/organisation of origin | USA (US) |
Starting point | AFWTR (Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA) |
WWW | Here |
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Perigee | 436 km |
Apogee | 453 km |
Height SURFSAT | 393.42 km |
Explore the mechanisms responsible for the loss of relativistic electrons from the radiation belts. Space weather. The spacecraft has two Energetic Particle Detectors, one for Electrons (EPD-E) and one for Ions (EPD-I), as well as a Fluxgate Magnetometer deployed at the end of a 75cm stacer boom.