Cinema

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General

Designation	38764 / 12048G
Launch date	13 Sep 2012
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Technology
Perigee/Apogee
Inclination
Period
Launch vehicle	Atlas 5 #33

4 kg

The satellite will observe and obtain images of an electrical current that encircles the Earth (ring current). This ring current has been known to blow out power grids on Earth during large magnetic space storms.

Three other similar cubesats are expected to launch sometime next year.

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