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QZS-2 (MICHIBIKI-2)
OperationalNavigationGEO
Broadcasts precise timing/positioning signals for global navigation (GNSS).
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 1, 2017 at 12:17 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Tanegashima, Japan
- Launched by
- H-IIA 202 →
- Operator
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Mission
- Michibiki 2 (QZS-2)
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 38,989 km
- Periapsis
- 32,576 km
- Inclination
- 39.44°
- Orbital period
- 1435.89 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Manufacturer
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 4,000 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2017-028A
- NORAD catalog №
- 42738
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Status
- Operational