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PROPCUBE 3
US Naval Technology Demonstrator · Naval Postgraduate School (US)
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PropCube 3, part of a small cluster of US Naval Postgraduate School CubeSats testing compact propulsion and ionospheric radio propagation experiments.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 309–423 mi (497–681 km)
- Inclination
- 64.8°
- One orbit
- 96.3 minutes15.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 40973
- Int’l designator
- 2015-058K
- Launched
- 2015
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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