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QZS-1 (MICHIBIKI-1)
NonoperationalNavigationGEO
Broadcasts precise timing/positioning signals for global navigation (GNSS).
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 11, 2010 at 11:17 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Tanegashima, Japan
- Launched by
- H-IIA 202 →
- Operator
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Mission
- Michibiki (QZS-1)
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 39,747 km
- Periapsis
- 39,693 km
- Inclination
- 44.22°
- Orbital period
- 1641.68 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Manufacturer
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 4,000 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2010-045A
- NORAD catalog №
- 37158
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 8.4139 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational