Satellites

Payload

YOTSUBA-KULOVER

DecayedPayloadLEO

YOTSUBA-KULOVER 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
182 km
Periapsis
169 km
Inclination
51.6°
Orbital period
88.01 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Japan
Launch mass
1.8 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1998-067XN
NORAD catalog №
65941
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
JapanJapan
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
April 17, 2026

End of mission

Last active / ended
April 17, 2026
Time in service
27.4 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed