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TANSEI-4 (MS-T4)

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
February 17, 1980 at 12:40 AM UTC
Launch site
Uchinoura, Japan
Launched by
Mu-3S →
Operator
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Mission
Tansei-4
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
158 km
Periapsis
155 km
Inclination
38.68°
Orbital period
87.63 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1980-015A
NORAD catalog №
11706
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
JapanJapan
Radar cross-section
3.48 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
May 12, 1983

End of mission

Last active / ended
May 12, 1983
Time in service
3.2 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed