CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- RAX-2
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Full Name
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Radio Aurora eXplorer-2
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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University of Michigan
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Launch Date
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28 Oct 2011
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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20 Apr 2013
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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International Designator
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Orbit Type
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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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101 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Descending
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Orbit Inclination
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98.7 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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824 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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10:30
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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RAX-2 (Radio Aurora eXplorer-2) was a RAX follow-on collaborative 3U CubeSat mission of the University of Michigan and SRI International, with the objective to study plasma field-aligned irregularities in the ionosphere. The satellite was launched in October 2011 and completed its mission in April 2013.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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