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QPS-SAR-5
Japanese commercial synthetic aperture radar satellite. QPS-SAR-5 was launched on December 15, 2023 aboard a Electron from Mahia. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2023-196ANORAD 58578Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tsukuyomi-I
- Common name
- QPS-SAR-5
- Payload designation
- QPS-SAR-5
- International designator
- 2023-196A
- NORAD catalog number
- 58578
- GCAT identifier
- S58578
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1240
Mission
- Mission type
- Radar imaging
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- QPS
- Owner
- QPS Labs
- Country
- Japan
- Builder
- QPS Laboratories Co, Ltd.
- Platform (bus)
- QSAT
Launch
- Date
- December 15, 2023 · 04:05 UTC
- Launch record
- 2023-196Success
- Rocket
- Electron
- Spaceport
- Mahia · pad LC1B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 574 km
- Apogee
- 583 km
- Inclination
- 42.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Dec 15, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 120 kg
- Dry mass
- 100 kg
- Length
- 0.6 m
- Diameter
- 0.80 m
- Span
- 3.6 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q140962083 (CC0).