Spacecraft information: UME

Launch Details
Launched 28 February 1976
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Owner Japan
NORAD ID 8709
COSPAR ID 1976-019A
Alternative names ISS
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 69.673°
Eccentricity 0.00098
RA ascending node 19.623 hr
Argument perigee 7.748°
Mean anomaly 164.999°
Orbital period 104.976 min
Epoch of osculation 02 Apr 2026, 07:06

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 993.3 km
Mean Altitude 1000.5 km
Peak Altitude 1007.7 km

Launched alongside

N-1 R/B

Orbital History

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South El Monte

Latitude:
Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
PDT

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