Payload
HORYU-2
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
HORYU-2 is a Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT) payload satellite, launched on May 17, 2012 into LEO.
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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
- 600 km
- Periapsis
- 589 km
- Inclination
- 98.22°
- Orbital period
- 96.58 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Manufacturer
- Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Users
- Civil
- Launch mass
- 7 kg
- Design lifetime
- 1 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2012-025D
- NORAD catalog №
- 38340
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 0.067 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational