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KIKU-1 (ETS-I)
Nonoperational
Payload
LEO
A catalogued spacecraft payload.
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Launch
Launch date
September 9, 1975 at 05:30 AM UTC
Launch site
Tanegashima, Japan
Launched by
N-I →
Operator
National Space Development Agency of Japan
Mission
Kiku-1
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
1,100 km
Periapsis
974 km
Inclination
46.99°
Orbital period
105.91 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1975-082A
NORAD catalog №
8197
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
Japan
Radar cross-section
1.427 m²
Status
Nonoperational
End of mission
Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational