Norad Identifikationsnummer: 37853
| Name im Katalog Spacetrack | RAX-2 |
| In die Umlaufbahn bringen |
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| Deorbitation |
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| Herkunftsland/-organisation | USA (US) |
| Wir analysieren den polnischen Text, der 'Miejsce startu' lautet. | AFWTR (Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA) |
| WWW | hier |
| Perygeum | 437 km |
| Apogäum | 668 km |
Investigate causes of upper atmospheric/ionospheric plasma turbulence. Study large plasma formations in the ionosphere, the highest region of our atmosphere. These plasma instabilities are known to spawn magnetic field-aligned irregularities (FAI), or dense plasma clouds known to disrupt communication between Earth and orbiting spacecraft.
der Satellit RAX-2 hinausgetragen 28.10.2011r.