GCOM-W1

Launch Details
Launched 16 May 2012
Flight ended
Status Operational
Categories Space & Earth Science
Active satellites
Launch site Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Owner Japan
NORAD ID 38337
COSPAR ID 2012-025A
Alternative names SHIZUKU
GLOBAL CHANGE OBSERVATION MISSION-WATER 1
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 98.201°
Eccentricity 0.00016
RA ascending node 5.222 hr
Argument perigee 87.034°
Mean anomaly 283.618°
Orbital period 98.828 min
Epoch of osculation 17 May 2025, 01:47

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 708.6 km
Mean Altitude 709.8 km
Peak Altitude 710.9 km

Orbital History

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41.14°N
73.26°W
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