Payload
KIKU-2 (ETS-II)
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
KIKU-2 (ETS-II) is a Japan payload satellite, launched on February 23, 1977 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 23, 1977 at 08:50 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Tanegashima, Japan
- Launched by
- N-I →
- Operator
- National Space Development Agency of Japan
- Mission
- Kiku 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,869 km
- Periapsis
- 35,857 km
- Inclination
- 5.29°
- Orbital period
- 1440.01 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan
- Launch mass
- 128.84 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1977-014A
- NORAD catalog №
- 9852
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 1.5887 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational