Spacecraft information: JIKIKEN

Launch Details
Launched 15 September 1978
Flight ended 22 April 2018
Status Decayed
Launch site Uchinoura Space Center (Fomerly Kagoshima Space Center-University of Tokyo, Japan)
Owner Japan
NORAD ID 11027
COSPAR ID 1978-087A
Alternative names EXOS-B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 30.977°
Eccentricity 0.01044
RA ascending node 9.629 hr
Argument perigee 6.363°
Mean anomaly 354.659°
Orbital period 88.179 min
Epoch of osculation 22 Apr 2018, 11:03

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 123.0 km
Mean Altitude 191.5 km
Peak Altitude 260.0 km

Launched alongside

M-3H R/B M-3H DEB

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
PST

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