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AYAME (ECS)
Nonoperational
Payload
MEO
A catalogued spacecraft payload.
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Launch
Launch date
February 6, 1979 at 08:46 AM UTC
Launch site
Tanegashima, Japan
Launched by
N-I →
Operator
National Space Development Agency of Japan
Mission
Ayame
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
MEO
Apoapsis
34,405 km
Periapsis
12,481 km
Inclination
9.65°
Orbital period
854.17 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1979-009A
NORAD catalog №
11261
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
Japan
Radar cross-section
0.2528 m²
Status
Nonoperational
End of mission
Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational