HINODE (SOLAR-B)
NORAD 29479 · Payload · In orbit since 2006
View in the 3D atlas →- 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.