2021-073C - Norad ID: 49068
| Spacetrack Directory Name | SUNSTORM |
| Alternative name | 2021-073C |
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| Starting point | FRGUI (Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana) |
| Perigee | 524 km |
| Apogee | 563 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.