Spacecraft information: SHINSEI

Launch Details
Launched 27 September 1971
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Uchinoura Space Center (Fomerly Kagoshima Space Center-University of Tokyo, Japan)
Owner Japan
NORAD ID 5485
COSPAR ID 1971-080A
Alternative names MS-F2
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 32.055°
Eccentricity 0.06395
RA ascending node 15.991 hr
Argument perigee 190.172°
Mean anomaly 168.536°
Orbital period 113.008 min
Epoch of osculation 16 May 2026, 14:05

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 876.6 km
Mean Altitude 1371.8 km
Peak Altitude 1867.0 km

Launched alongside

M-4S R/B

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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