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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - RAX-2 -

Full Name

Radio Aurora eXplorer-2

Status

Mission complete

Mission Agencies

University of Michigan

Launch Date

28 Oct 2011

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

20 Apr 2013

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Orbit Type

Sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

101 minutes

Orbit Sense

Descending

Orbit Inclination

98.7 deg

Orbit Altitude

824 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

10:30

Repeat Cycle

Objectives and Applications

RAX-2 (Radio Aurora eXplorer-2) was a RAX follow-on collaborative 3U CubeSat mission of the University of Michigan and SRI International, with teh objective to study plasma field-aligned irregularities in the ionisphere. The satellite was launched in October 2011 and completed its mission in April 2013.

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