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KIKU-3 (ETS-IV)
Nonoperational
Payload
MEO
A catalogued spacecraft payload.
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Launch
Launch date
February 11, 1981 at 08:30 AM UTC
Launch site
Tanegashima, Japan
Launched by
N-2 →
Operator
National Space Development Agency of Japan
Mission
Kiku-3
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
MEO
Apoapsis
12,232 km
Periapsis
292 km
Inclination
28.45°
Orbital period
235.72 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1981-012A
NORAD catalog №
12295
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
Japan
Radar cross-section
1.8459 m²
Status
Nonoperational
End of mission
Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational