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HINOTORI (ASTRO-A)

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
February 21, 1981 at 12:30 AM UTC
Launch site
Uchinoura, Japan
Launched by
Mu-3S →
Operator
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Mission
Hinotori
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
155 km
Periapsis
147 km
Inclination
31.32°
Orbital period
87.51 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1981-017A
NORAD catalog №
12307
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
JapanJapan
Radar cross-section
4.45 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
July 11, 1991

End of mission

Last active / ended
July 11, 1991
Time in service
10.4 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed