Payload
GCOM-W1 (SHIZUKU)
OperationalPayloadLEO
GCOM-W1 (SHIZUKU) is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) payload satellite, launched on May 17, 2012 into LEO.
Loading…
Launch
- Launch date
- May 17, 2012 at 04:39 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Tanegashima, Japan
- Launched by
- H-IIA 202 →
- Operator
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Mission
- GCOM-W1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 704 km
- Periapsis
- 701 km
- Inclination
- 98.2°
- Orbital period
- 98.83 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Manufacturer
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 1,991 kg
- Power
- 4 W
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Detailed purpose
- Earth Science
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2012-025A
- NORAD catalog №
- 38337
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 6.2395 m²
- Status
- Operational