Satellites

Payload

YODAKA

DecayedPayloadLEO

YODAKA is a Japan payload satellite, launched on November 20, 1998 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
November 20, 1998 at 06:40 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton-K
Operator
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Zarya

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
195 km
Periapsis
185 km
Inclination
51.61°
Orbital period
88.29 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Japan
Launch mass
10 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1998-067XB
NORAD catalog №
62295
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
JapanJapan
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
February 25, 2025

End of mission

Last active / ended
February 25, 2025
Time in service
26.3 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed