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TANSEI-2 (MS-T2)

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
February 16, 1974 at 05:00 AM UTC
Launch site
Uchinoura, Japan
Launched by
Mu-3C →
Operator
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Mission
Tansei-2
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
174 km
Periapsis
145 km
Inclination
31.22°
Orbital period
87.68 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1974-008A
NORAD catalog №
7122
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
JapanJapan
Radar cross-section
0.9094 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
January 22, 1983

End of mission

Last active / ended
January 22, 1983
Time in service
8.9 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed