Payload (satellite)
EUCROPIS
EUCROPIS is a satellite launched 2018-12-03 by Germany.
About
Eu:CROPIS was a life science satellite developed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and intended to investigate the possibility of growing plants in different levels of gravity, such as that of the Moon and Mars, as a sustainable food source using human urine for moisture and as the source of fixed nitrogen.
Right now
Dotted: where it has been. Solid: the next orbit and a half. Orbit data from CelesTrak, map from NASA Blue Marble. All credits
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Facts
NORAD ID43807
International designator2018-099BB
TypePayload (satellite)
StatusOperational
OwnerGermany
Launch date2018-12-03
Launch siteVandenberg, USA
Orbital period94.6 min
Inclination97.41°
Apogee503 km
Perigee496 km