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TENMA (ASTRO-B)

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
February 20, 1983 at 05:10 AM UTC
Launch site
Uchinoura, Japan
Launched by
Mu-3S →
Operator
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Mission
Tenma
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
215 km
Periapsis
212 km
Inclination
31.45°
Orbital period
88.76 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1983-011A
NORAD catalog №
13829
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
JapanJapan
Radar cross-section
2.5736 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
December 17, 1988

End of mission

Last active / ended
December 17, 1988
Time in service
5.8 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed