Spacecraft information: UME-2

Launch Details
Launched 15 February 1978
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Owner Japan
NORAD ID 10674
COSPAR ID 1978-018A
Alternative names ISS-B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 69.364°
Eccentricity 0.01625
RA ascending node 21.821 hr
Argument perigee 146.252°
Mean anomaly 232.075°
Orbital period 107.166 min
Epoch of osculation 10 May 2026, 11:21

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 981.1 km
Mean Altitude 1102.6 km
Peak Altitude 1224.1 km

Launched alongside

N-1 R/B N-1 DEB

Orbital History

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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