Payload
SDS-4
OperationalPayloadLEO
SDS-4 is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) payload satellite, launched on May 17, 2012 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 17, 2012 at 04:39 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Tanegashima, Japan
- Launched by
- H-IIA 202 →
- Operator
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Mission
- GCOM-W1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 647 km
- Periapsis
- 638 km
- Inclination
- 98.14°
- Orbital period
- 97.57 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Manufacturer
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 50 kg
- Dry mass
- 48 kg
- Power
- 120 W
- Design lifetime
- 2 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2012-025C
- NORAD catalog №
- 38339
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 0.4474 m²
- Status
- Operational