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COMETS

Japanese communications demonstration satellite. COMETS was launched on February 21, 1998 aboard a H-II from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 1998-011ANORAD 25175Japan

Identity

Name in GCAT: Kakehashi
Common name: COMETS
Payload designation: COMETS
International designator: 1998-011A
NORAD catalog number: 25175
GCAT identifier: S25175
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/355

Mission

Mission type: Communications
Use: Civil government
Program: JAXA CTS
Owner: NASDA
Country: Japan
Builder: Nippon Electric Corp., Space Div., Kamoi Works
Platform (bus): ETS-6

Launch

Date: February 21, 1998 · 07:55 UTC
Launch record: 1998-011Failure · 0.4
Rocket: H-II
Spaceport: Tanegashima · pad Y

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): HEO
Perigee: 472 km
Apogee: 17,715 km
Inclination: 30.00°
Status: In orbit
Last known active: September 1999
End of operations: September 1999

Size

Mass: 1,996 kg
Dry mass: 1,996 kg
Total mass with attached objects: 3,960 kg
Length: 3.0 m
Diameter: 2.00 m
Span: 31.0 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q48621 (CC0).