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NORAD 27599 · Payload · In orbit since 2002

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Launched
2002-12-14 · Tanegashima, Japan
Country / operator
JPN (Japan)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Earth science
Mass
50 kg
Size
0.5 × 0.5 m · 3.5 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
782 × 795 km
Inclination
98.8°
Period
100.5 min
Eccentricity
0.0009
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.