Earth Observation
NOZOMI (PLANET-B)
NonoperationalEarth ObservationHeliocentric
Nozomi was a Japanese Mars orbiter that failed to reach Mars due to electrical failure. It was constructed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, University of Tokyo and launched on July 4, 1998, at 03:12 JST with an on-orbit dry mass of 258 kg and 282 kg of propellant. The Nozomi mission was terminated on December 31, 2003.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 3, 1998 at 06:12 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Uchinoura, Japan
- Launched by
- M-V →
- Operator
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
- Mission
- Nozomi
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Heliocentric
- Reference body
- Heliocentric
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan
- Launch mass
- 255.7 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1998-041A
- NORAD catalog №
- 25383
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational