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Fuji

Fuji was launched on August 12, 1986 aboard a H-1 from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 1986-061BNORAD 16909Japan

Identity

Name in GCAT
Fuji-OSCAR-12
Common name
Fuji
Payload designation
JAS-1
Other names
FO-12,Fuji-1
International designator
1986-061B
NORAD catalog number
16909
GCAT identifier
S16909
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/157

Mission

Mission type
Communications
Use
Amateur / academic
Program
JAS
Owner
JARL
Country
Japan
Builder
Japanese Amateur Radio League
Platform (bus)
JAS

Launch

Date
August 12, 1986 · 20:45 UTC
Launch record
1986-061Success
Rocket
H-1
Spaceport
Tanegashima · pad N

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/I
Perigee
1,479 km
Apogee
1,496 km
Inclination
50.02°
Status
In orbit
Last known active
Nov 5, 1989
End of operations
Nov 5, 1989

Size

Mass
50 kg
Dry mass
50 kg
Length
0.5 m
Diameter
0.40 m
Span
0.5 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q11277046 (CC0).