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NORAD 39768 · Payload · In orbit since 2014

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Launched
2014-05-24 · Tanegashima, Japan
Country / operator
JPN (Japan)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
50 kg
Size
0.5 × 0.5 m · 1.4 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
579 × 587 km
Inclination
97.9°
Period
96.2 min
Eccentricity
0.0006
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.