Payload
GCOM-C (SHIKISAI)
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 43065
GCOM-C (SHIKISAI) is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) payload satellite, launched on December 23, 2017 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- December 23, 2017 at 01:26 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Tanegashima, Japan
- Launched by
- H-IIA 202 →
- Operator
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Mission
- GCOM-C1 & SLATS
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 802 km
- Periapsis
- 800 km
- Inclination
- 98.63°
- Orbital period
- 100.89 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Manufacturer
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 2,093 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Dimensions
- 4.6 × 2.5 × 2.5 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2017-082A
- NORAD catalog №
- 43065
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Status
- Operational