KIKU-3

Launch Details
Launched 10 February 1981
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Owner Japan
NORAD ID 12295
COSPAR ID 1981-012A
Alternative names ETS-IV
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 28.438°
Eccentricity 0.48257
RA ascending node 6.698 hr
Argument perigee 345.816°
Mean anomaly 4.332°
Orbital period 242.575 min
Epoch of osculation 15 May 2025, 11:06

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 295.7 km
Mean Altitude 6513.2 km
Peak Altitude 12730.7 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

N-2 R/B(1) N-2 R/B(2)

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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