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STRIX-ALPHA

NORAD 47253 · Payload · Reentered 2023-10-27

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Launched
2020-12-15 · Mahia (Rocket Lab), New Zealand
Country / operator
JPN (Japan)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Radar imaging
Mass
150 kg
Size
0.7 × 0.5 m · 4.7 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
149 × 156 km
Inclination
97.2°
Period
87.4 min
Eccentricity
0.0005
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.