Spacecraft information: 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 31.333°
Eccentricity 0.59845
RA ascending node 1.204 hr
Argument perigee 63.595°
Mean anomaly 351.039°
Orbital period 374.324 min
Epoch of osculation 06 Jan 2026, 00:04

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 537.8 km
Mean Altitude 10834.2 km
Peak Altitude 21130.5 km

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

Orbital History

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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