Satellites

Payload

USERS SEM

DecayedPayloadLEO

USERS SEM is a Japan payload satellite, launched on September 10, 2002 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
September 10, 2002 at 08:20 AM UTC
Launch site
Tanegashima, Japan
Launched by
H-IIA 2024
Operator
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Mission
USERS & DRTS

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
196 km
Periapsis
190 km
Inclination
30.4°
Orbital period
88.35 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Japan
Launch mass
400 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2002-042A
NORAD catalog №
27515
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
JapanJapan
Radar cross-section
5.0604 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
June 15, 2007

End of mission

Last active / ended
June 15, 2007
Time in service
4.8 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed