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Super Low Altitude Test Satellite
Former JAXA satellite which demonstrated operations in very low Earth orbit. Super Low Altitude Test Satellite was launched on December 23, 2017 aboard a H-IIA 202 from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Oct 1, 2019).
COSPAR 2017-082BNORAD 43066Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tsubame
- Common name
- Super Low Altitude Test Satellite
- Payload designation
- SLATS
- International designator
- 2017-082B
- NORAD catalog number
- 43066
- GCAT identifier
- S43066
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/846
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- JAXA Tech
- Owner
- JAXA
- Country
- Japan
- Builder
- Mitsubishi Electric Co.
- Platform (bus)
- SLATS
Launch
- Date
- December 23, 2017 · 01:26 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-082Success
- Rocket
- H-IIA 202
- Spaceport
- Tanegashima · pad Y
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 457 km
- Apogee
- 628 km
- Inclination
- 98.32°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- October 1, 2019
- Last known active
- Oct 1, 2019
- End of operations
- Oct 1, 2019
Size
- Mass
- 400 kg
- Dry mass
- 400 kg
- Length
- 2.5 m
- Diameter
- 0.90 m
- Span
- 5.2 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q22084833 (CC0).