Satellites

Payload

HTV-4 (KOUNOTORI 4)

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HTV-4 (KOUNOTORI 4) is a Japan payload satellite, launched on August 3, 2013 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
August 3, 2013 at 07:48 PM UTC
Launch site
Tanegashima, Japan
Launched by
H-IIB 304
Operator
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mission
Kounotori 4 (HTV-4)

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
409 km
Periapsis
152 km
Inclination
51.65°
Orbital period
90.12 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Japan
Launch mass
15,400 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2013-040A
NORAD catalog №
39221
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
JapanJapan
Radar cross-section
21.0159 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 7, 2013

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 7, 2013
Time in service
35 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed