- Name
- QUAKESAT
- Satellite ID
- HSIF-3942-9654-8919-1112
- NORAD ID
- 27845
- Website
- https://www.quakefinder.com/science/about-quakesat/
- Country of Origin
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United States of America
Satellite is in orbit and operational
- Launch Date
- 2003-06-30T00:00:00+00:00
The California company QuakeFinder has hopes for extremely low frequency electromagnetic waves ( ELF ), which seem to precede some earthquakes – and it is not alone: The Russian compass launched in December 2001 also carries a corresponding sensor. » Nobody knows if it works, « says QuakeFinder, » but you can't know if you don't try it. « The emission of the ELF waves could have something to do with the beginning of the breaking of crystalline rock, creating a plasma. If the project, which only costs around 1 million $, delivers convincing results ( that would be quickly confirmed by more precise ELF measurements on the ground ), a larger satellite could follow and the data sold. For example, weather services,which could then incorporate earthquake warnings into weather maps ... QuakeSat has the mass 10 x 10 x 30 cm. So it is a triple CubeSat to have a sufficient size for a magnetometer on a telescopic mast. The satellite was built in the Space Systems Development Laboratory at Stanford University under the direction of Professor Robert Twiggs. The receiver unit itself comes from QuakeFinder.
- Type
- Transmitter
- Service
- Amateur
- Downlink Mode
- FSK
- Downlink Frequency
- 436675000
- Baud
- 9600
No observations recorded for QUAKESAT in the last 24h
- TLE Source
- Space-Track.org
- TLE Updated
- 2024-10-30 04:26:59 UTC
- TLE Set
-
1 27845U 03031F 24303.97615652 .00002393 00000-0 10609-2 0 9991
2 27845 98.6692 309.6052 0009653 128.5940 231.6105 14.23987732106860