Spacetrack Directory Name | SUNSTORM |
Alternative name | 2021-073C |
Orbit launches | 2021-08-17 |
Starting point | FRGUI (Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana) |
Perigee | 524 km |
Apogee | 563 km |
Height SUNSTORM | 438.13 km |
Solar X-ray Flux Monitor. In-orbit demonstration of the technology using reduced resources in preparation for a fully space-qualified version some years from now. XFM is needed for the detection of solar X-ray flares; one of the most energetic phenomena on the Sun giving rise to Space Weather phenomena in the heliosphere up to the Earth?s distance and beyond.
satellite SUNSTORM Date of exalting 17.08.2021y. Average height of ISS SUNSTORM hundred 438.13 km. Average velocity SUNSTORM is 27542.09 km/h. Inclination SUNSTORM satellite 97.45°.