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HINODE (SOLAR-B)

NORAD 29479 · Payload · In orbit since 2006

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Launched
2006-09-22 · Uchinoura, Japan
Country / operator
JPN (Japan)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Astronomy
Mass
900 kg
Size
3.8 × 1.6 m · 10.3 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
653 × 678 km
Inclination
98.0°
Period
97.9 min
Eccentricity
0.0018
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

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.