Satellites

Payload

HIT-SAT (HO-59)

DecayedPayloadLEO

HIT-SAT (HO-59) is a Japan payload satellite, launched on September 22, 2006 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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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

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
145 km
Periapsis
127 km
Inclination
98.25°
Orbital period
87.21 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Japan
Launch mass
4 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2006-041F
NORAD catalog №
29484
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
JapanJapan
Radar cross-section
0.0383 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
June 18, 2008

End of mission

Last active / ended
June 18, 2008
Time in service
1.7 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed