Payload
GOSAT (IBUKI)
OperationalPayloadLEO
GOSAT (IBUKI) is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) payload satellite, launched on January 23, 2009 into LEO.
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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
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 670 km
- Periapsis
- 668 km
- Inclination
- 98.09°
- Orbital period
- 98.12 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Manufacturer
- Mitsubishi Electric
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 1,750 kg
- Power
- 3,800 W
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Detailed purpose
- Earth Science
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2009-002A
- NORAD catalog №
- 33492
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 4.6494 m²
- Status
- Operational