Payload
HINODE (SOLAR-B)
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HINODE (SOLAR-B) is a Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science/NASA payload satellite, launched on September 22, 2006 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 22, 2006 at 09:36 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Uchinoura, Japan
- Launched by
- M-V →
- Operator
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Mission
- Hinode
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 677 km
- Periapsis
- 654 km
- Inclination
- 98.05°
- Orbital period
- 98.05 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science/NASA
- Manufacturer
- Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo/NASA
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 900 kg
- Dry mass
- 530 kg
- Power
- 1,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 3 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2006-041A
- NORAD catalog №
- 29479
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 5.7356 m²
- Status
- Operational