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STARS (KUKAI)

OperationalPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
January 23, 2009 at 03:54 AM UTC
Launch site
Tanegashima, Japan
Launched by
H-IIA 202 →
Operator
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Mission
GOSAT
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
586 km
Periapsis
574 km
Inclination
98.15°
Orbital period
96.27 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2009-002G
NORAD catalog №
33498
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
JapanJapan
Radar cross-section
0.124 m²
Status
Operational