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GCOM-C (SHIKISAI)

NORAD 43065 · Payload · In orbit since 2017

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Launched
2017-12-23 · Tanegashima, Japan
Country / operator
JPN (Japan)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
2,093 kg
Size
4.6 × 2.5 m · 16.5 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
800 × 802 km
Inclination
98.6°
Period
100.7 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.