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
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Current orbital elements

Inclination 31.320°
Eccentricity 0.59806
RA ascending node 21.072 hr
Argument perigee 159.667°
Mean anomaly 339.340°
Orbital period 374.251 min
Epoch of osculation 12 Apr 2026, 16:28

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 543.5 km
Mean Altitude 10831.9 km
Peak Altitude 21120.3 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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42.38°N
71.11°W
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