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CINEMA
International University CubeSat (Radiation Belt Science) · UC Berkeley / KHU (South Korea) / NCKU (Taiwan)
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CINEMA (CubeSat for Ions, Neutrals, Electrons, and MAgnetic fields), a joint US-South Korean-Taiwanese university CubeSat launched in 2012 to study the radiation belts surrounding Earth — high-energy particle regions that pose genuine hazards to satellites and astronauts, measured here from a satellite smaller than a shoebox.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 245–265 mi (394–426 km)
- Inclination
- 64.6°
- One orbit
- 92.6 minutes15.5 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 38764
- Int’l designator
- 2012-048G
- Launched
- 2012
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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