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GOSAT (IBUKI)

NORAD 33492 · Payload · In orbit since 2009

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Launched
2009-01-23 · Tanegashima, Japan
Country / operator
JPN (Japan)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Earth science
Mass
1,750 kg
Size
3.7 × 1.8 m · 13.7 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
668 × 670 km
Inclination
98.1°
Period
98.0 min
Eccentricity
0.0001
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.