Payload
LEOPARD
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 67687
LEOPARD is a Japan payload satellite, launched on November 20, 1998 into LEO.
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
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 391 km
- Periapsis
- 382 km
- Inclination
- 51.63°
- Orbital period
- 92.28 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan
- Dimensions
- Medium (RCS 0.1–1 m²)
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1998-067YD
- NORAD catalog №
- 67687
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Status
- Operational