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QZS-4 (MICHIBIKI-4)
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QZS-4 (MICHIBIKI-4) is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) navigation satellite, launched on October 9, 2017 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 9, 2017 at 10:01 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Tanegashima, Japan
- Launched by
- H-IIA 202 →
- Operator
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Mission
- Michibiki 4 (QZS-4)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 38,935 km
- Periapsis
- 32,649 km
- Inclination
- 40.11°
- Orbital period
- 1436.38 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Manufacturer
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 4,020 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2017-062A
- NORAD catalog №
- 42965
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Status
- Operational