HALCA

Launch Details
Launched 11 February 1997
Flight ended –
Status Non-operational
Launch site Uchinoura Space Center (Fomerly Kagoshima Space Center-University of Tokyo, Japan)
Owner Japan
NORAD ID 24720
COSPAR ID 1997-005A
Alternative names MUSES-B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 31.270°
Eccentricity 0.59900
RA ascending node 3.978 hr
Argument perigee 359.041°
Mean anomaly 176.339°
Orbital period 374.368 min
Epoch of osculation 02 Nov 2025, 09:44

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 528.8 km
Mean Altitude 10835.5 km
Peak Altitude 21142.2 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

M-V-1 R/B M-V-1 DEB M-V-1 DEB M-V-1 DEB M-V-1 DEB M-V-1 DEB

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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