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YOHKOH (SOLAR-A)

NORAD 21694 · Payload · Reentered 2005-09-12

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Launched
1991-08-30 · Uchinoura, Japan
Country / operator
JPN (Japan)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Astronomy
Mass
390 kg
Size
2 × 1 m · 4.5 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
159 × 159 km
Inclination
31.3°
Period
87.5 min
Eccentricity
0.0000
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.