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Kiku-7 Chaser
Japanese rendezvous demonstration satellite. Kiku-7 Chaser was launched on November 27, 1997 aboard a H-II from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Nov 13, 2015).
COSPAR 1997-074BNORAD 25064Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Hikoboshi
- Common name
- Kiku-7 Chaser
- Payload designation
- ETS-7
- International designator
- 1997-074B
- NORAD catalog number
- 25064
- GCAT identifier
- S25064
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/337
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ETS
- Owner
- NASDA
- Country
- Japan
- Builder
- Toshiba Komukai Works
- Platform (bus)
- ETS-7
Launch
- Date
- November 27, 1997 · 21:27 UTC
- Launch record
- 1997-074Success
- Rocket
- H-II
- Spaceport
- Tanegashima · pad Y
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 545 km
- Apogee
- 548 km
- Inclination
- 34.97°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- November 13, 2015
- Last known active
- December 2001
- End of operations
- December 1999
Size
- Mass
- 2,540 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,340 kg
- Length
- 2.6 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 23.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q506691 (CC0).