Spacecraft information: M-4S R/B

Launch Details
Launched 27 September 1971
Flight ended
Status Unknown
Launch site Uchinoura Space Center (Fomerly Kagoshima Space Center-University of Tokyo, Japan)
Owner Japan
NORAD ID 5498
COSPAR ID 1971-080B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 32.028°
Eccentricity 0.05738
RA ascending node 13.591 hr
Argument perigee 350.889°
Mean anomaly 8.166°
Orbital period 111.758 min
Epoch of osculation 20 Dec 2025, 11:02

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 873.6 km
Mean Altitude 1314.6 km
Peak Altitude 1755.6 km

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Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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