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TENMA (ASTRO-B)

NORAD 13829 · Payload · Reentered 1988-12-17

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Launched
1983-02-20 · Uchinoura, Japan
Country / operator
JPN (Japan)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Astronomy
Mass
218 kg
Size
1.1 × 0.9 m · 3 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
212 × 215 km
Inclination
31.4°
Period
88.6 min
Eccentricity
0.0002
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.