Spacecraft information: TANSEI-3

Launch Details
Launched 18 February 1977
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Uchinoura Space Center (Fomerly Kagoshima Space Center-University of Tokyo, Japan)
Owner Japan
NORAD ID 9841
COSPAR ID 1977-012A
Alternative names MS-T3
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 65.766°
Eccentricity 0.17356
RA ascending node 23.800 hr
Argument perigee 287.496°
Mean anomaly 54.419°
Orbital period 134.089 min
Epoch of osculation 04 Mar 2026, 04:17

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 800.9 km
Mean Altitude 2307.0 km
Peak Altitude 3813.2 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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