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TAIYO (SRATS)

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
February 24, 1975 at 05:25 AM UTC
Launch site
Uchinoura, Japan
Launched by
Mu-3C →
Operator
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Mission
Taiyo
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
225 km
Periapsis
152 km
Inclination
31.47°
Orbital period
88.26 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1975-014A
NORAD catalog №
7671
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
JapanJapan
Radar cross-section
0.462 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
June 29, 1980

End of mission

Last active / ended
June 29, 1980
Time in service
5.3 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed