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KIKU-7 (ETS-VII)

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
November 27, 1997 at 09:27 PM UTC
Launch site
Tanegashima, Japan
Launched by
H-II →
Operator
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Mission
TRMM & ETS 7
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
200 km
Periapsis
187 km
Inclination
34.94°
Orbital period
88.37 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1997-074B
NORAD catalog №
25064
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
JapanJapan
Radar cross-section
10.4707 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
November 13, 2015

End of mission

Last active / ended
November 13, 2015
Time in service
18.0 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed