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QPS-SAR-12 (KUSHINADA-I)

NORAD 65116 · Payload · In orbit since 2025

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Launched
2025-08-05 · Mahia (Rocket Lab), New Zealand
Country / operator
JPN (Japan)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Radar imaging
Mass
120 kg
Size
0.6 × 0.8 m · 3.6 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
559 × 568 km
Inclination
42.0°
Period
95.8 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.