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HORYU-2

NORAD 38340 · Payload · In orbit since 2012

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Launched
2012-05-17 · Tanegashima, Japan
Country / operator
JPN (Japan)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Technology demonstration
Mass
7 kg
Size
0.3 × 0.3 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
588 × 600 km
Inclination
98.2°
Period
96.4 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.