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SLATS (TSUBAME)

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SLATS (TSUBAME) is a Japan payload satellite, launched on December 23, 2017 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
December 23, 2017 at 01:26 AM UTC
Launch site
Tanegashima, Japan
Launched by
H-IIA 202 →
Operator
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mission
GCOM-C1 & SLATS
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
142 km
Periapsis
129 km
Inclination
98.14°
Orbital period
87.2 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Japan
Launch mass
400 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2017-082B
NORAD catalog №
43066
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
JapanJapan
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 1, 2019

End of mission

Last active / ended
October 1, 2019
Time in service
1.8 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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