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QZS-3 (MICHIBIKI-3)
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QZS-3 (MICHIBIKI-3) is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) navigation satellite, launched on August 19, 2017 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- August 19, 2017 at 05:29 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Tanegashima, Japan
- Launched by
- H-IIA 204 →
- Operator
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Mission
- Michibiki 3 (QZS-3)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,799 km
- Periapsis
- 35,778 km
- Inclination
- 0.03°
- Orbital period
- 1436.19 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 13, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Manufacturer
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 4,700 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 5.4 × 3.2 × 3.2 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2017-048A
- NORAD catalog №
- 42917
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Status
- Operational