Spacecraft information: HINODE

Launch Details
Launched 21 September 2006
Flight ended –
Status Operational
Categories Space & Earth Science
Active satellites
Launch site Uchinoura Space Center (Fomerly Kagoshima Space Center-University of Tokyo, Japan)
Owner Japan
NORAD ID 29479
COSPAR ID 2006-041A
Alternative names SOLAR-B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 98.064°
Eccentricity 0.00185
RA ascending node 0.582 hr
Argument perigee 130.764°
Mean anomaly 229.518°
Orbital period 98.072 min
Epoch of osculation 21 Dec 2025, 00:05

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 660.5 km
Mean Altitude 673.6 km
Peak Altitude 686.7 km

Launched alongside

M-5 R/B M-5 DEB M-5 DEB M-5 DEB HIT-SAT M-5 DEB M-5 DEB M-5 DEB M-5 DEB M-5 DEB

Orbital History

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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