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NORAD 22979 · Payload · In orbit since 1994

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Launched
1994-02-03 · Tanegashima, Japan
Country / operator
JPN (Japan)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Technology demonstration
Mass
600 kg
Size
3 × 2 m
Perigee × Apogee
415 × 35,886 km
Inclination
29.2°
Period
636.9 min
Eccentricity
0.7233
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.