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ASCA (ASTRO-D)

NORAD 22521 · Payload · Reentered 2001-03-02

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Launched
1993-02-20 · Uchinoura, Japan
Country / operator
JPN (Japan)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Astronomy
Mass
420 kg
Size
4 × 1.2 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
138 × 146 km
Inclination
31.1°
Period
87.2 min
Eccentricity
0.0006
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.