Satellites

Payload

LEOPARD

OperationalPayloadLEO

LEOPARD is a Japan payload satellite, launched on November 20, 1998 into LEO.

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Launch

Launch date
November 20, 1998 at 06:40 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton-K
Operator
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Zarya

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
391 km
Periapsis
382 km
Inclination
51.63°
Orbital period
92.28 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Japan

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1998-067YD
NORAD catalog №
67687
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
JapanJapan
Status
Operational