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LDREX 2
LDREX 2 was launched on October 13, 2006 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Sep 30, 2010).
COSPAR 2006-043CNORAD 29496Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- LDREX-2
- Common name
- LDREX 2
- International designator
- 2006-043C
- NORAD catalog number
- 29496
- GCAT identifier
- S29496
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/623
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- LDREX
- Owner
- JAXA
- Country
- Japan
- Builder
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Platform (bus)
- LDREX
Launch
- Date
- October 13, 2006 · 20:56 UTC
- Launch record
- 2006-043Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GTO
- Perigee
- 267 km
- Apogee
- 35,581 km
- Inclination
- 7.03°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- September 30, 2010
- Last known active
- October 2006
- End of operations
- October 2006
Size
- Mass
- 149 kg
- Dry mass
- 149 kg
- Length
- 1.8 m
- Diameter
- 0.70 m
- Span
- 6.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1550719 (CC0).