Payload
IGS 8A
OperationalPayloadLEO
IGS 8A is a Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center (CSIC) payload satellite, launched on January 27, 2013 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 27, 2013 at 04:40 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Tanegashima, Japan
- Launched by
- H-IIA 202 →
- Operator
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Mission
- IGS Radar 4 & IGS Optical 5V
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 515 km
- Periapsis
- 512 km
- Inclination
- 97.5°
- Orbital period
- 94.9 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center (CSIC)
- Manufacturer
- Mitsubishi Electric
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 1,500 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Detailed purpose
- Radar Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2013-002A
- NORAD catalog №
- 39061
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 3.606 m²
- Status
- Operational