Satellites

Payload

S-CUBE

DecayedPayloadLEO

S-CUBE is a Japan payload satellite, launched on November 20, 1998 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
November 20, 1998 at 06:40 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton-K
Operator
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Zarya

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
143 km
Periapsis
140 km
Inclination
51.6°
Orbital period
87.32 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Japan
Launch mass
4 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1998-067GY
NORAD catalog №
40898
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
JapanJapan
Radar cross-section
0.0724 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
November 23, 2016

End of mission

Last active / ended
November 23, 2016
Time in service
18.0 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed