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YOHKOH (SOLAR-A)

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
August 30, 1991 at 02:30 AM UTC
Launch site
Uchinoura, Japan
Launched by
Mu-3S-II →
Operator
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Mission
Yohkoh
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
159 km
Periapsis
159 km
Inclination
31.29°
Orbital period
87.67 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1991-062A
NORAD catalog №
21694
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
JapanJapan
Radar cross-section
3.1583 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 12, 2005

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 12, 2005
Time in service
14.0 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed