GCOM-W1 (SHIZUKU)
NORAD 38337 · Payload · In orbit since 2012
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 2012-05-17 · Tanegashima, Japan
- Country / operator
- JPN (Japan)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Earth science
- Mass
- 1,991 kg
- Size
- 5.1 × 3.4 m · 17.5 m deployed
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 702 × 703 km
- Inclination
- 98.2°
- Period
- 98.7 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.