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DENPA (REXS)

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
August 19, 1972 at 02:40 AM UTC
Launch site
Uchinoura, Japan
Launched by
Mu-4S →
Operator
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Mission
Denpa
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
229 km
Periapsis
132 km
Inclination
30.9°
Orbital period
88.1 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1972-064A
NORAD catalog №
6152
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
JapanJapan
Radar cross-section
1.1028 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
May 19, 1980

End of mission

Last active / ended
May 19, 1980
Time in service
7.7 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed